• TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This may be a silly question, but what are VMs generally used for in a corporate setting? Is it the same use case as docker?

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      4 months ago

      In large scale computing, a server will have VERY powerful hardware. You can run multiple VMs on that one machine, giving a slice of that power to each VM so that it basically ends up with multiple individual computers running on one very powerful set of hardware instead of building a ton of individual.

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        4 months ago

        The other key feature being cost. A VDI terminal is much cheaper than actual PCs for employees. When I was working IT for a large company, we were able to get them in bulk for about $100 each. A PC cost us at least $800.