Bare Metal vs VM vs Containers
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What is Bare Metal vs VM vs Containers?
Bare metal runs applications directly on hardware with maximum performance but limited flexibility. VMs use hypervisors to run multiple OS instances with strong isolation but higher overhead. Containers share the host OS kernel, providing lightweight isolation with better resource efficiency than VMs while maintaining portability.
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