Published: 26 January 2017
Summary
There is a great deal of confusion about containers, how they should be used and how they may benefit an enterprise. This research provides I&O leaders with the most frequently asked questions and answers about containers, as well as microservices and Docker.
Included in Full Research
- 1. What benefits can containers bring to I&O teams?
- 2. What trade-offs should we be aware of when using containers?
- 3. How should our team get started with containers?
- 4. What are the ideal application use cases with containers; what are microservices, and where should they be used in the enterprise?
- 5. Should we run containers on VMs or bare-metal servers?
- 6. Besides Docker, what will we need for a successful container deployment?
- 7. What are some of the trade-offs of using containers in on-premises environments versus in the public cloud IaaS?
- 8. What is the enterprise adoption of containers, and how will they affect future infrastructure refresh/purchase decisions?
- 9. Should we refactor an application to better support containers?
- 10. What are considerations for an IT environment that is mostly Microsoft Windows-based?