Why not Kata Containers?

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Why Kata Containers?

“The speed of containers, the security of VMs” - Kata Containers

"With Kata Containers, you can enjoy the speed of containers while still keeping the security of virtual machines." - opensource.com

Kata Containers = VM on a diet

Kata Containers are like VM on a diet. By consuming fewer hardware resources, Kata Containers deploy containers faster than VM.
To build a complete simulation of a heavyweight Host operating environment (OS + app) for a comprehensive functional purpose, a VM will monopolize CPU, RAM, and other hardware resources. “A few minutes” are required when rebooting this VM.
Whereas Kata Containers’ operating structure is much lighter than a VM. When deploying containers, Kata Containers only use minimum hardware resources. Only a few seconds are needed to deploy containers with Kata Containers making them much faster than a VM.

Kata Containers = A more secure container

Kata Containers as a more secure container. The feature of “kernel splitting”, which guarantees a higher security standard, draws a line between Kata Containers and other containers.
Kata Containers splits a kernel into pieces and creates different containers on each independent kernel. With distance between each independent container, just like social distancing between each container, Kata Containers ensure other containers are not affected if an independent container is attacked by malware.
If not used, containers may all be infected by malware if the kernel is not split, and the containers are not independent.

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