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What is the main difference between a virtual machine and a container?

  1. A A VM runs a full guest OS; a container shares the host kernel
  2. B Containers include a full OS
  3. C VMs start faster
  4. D Containers isolate more strongly
Answer

A VM runs a full guest OS; a container shares the host kernel

Containers are far lighter and start in under a second, but process-level isolation is weaker than a hypervisor boundary.

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