A new technology on the rise — unikernels — holds great promise for the next generation of cloud infrastructure.
Unikernels Compared to Containers
Unikernels facilitate the very same desirable attributes described by container proponents, with the addition of impressive security, which few other solutions can match. They deliver impressive flexibility, speed and versatility for cross-platform environments. And, like container-based solutions, unikernels are easy to deploy. They also retain the rich hypervisor ecosystem and enable isolation, live migration and robust SLA. Additionally, unikernels provide container-like properties such as sub-second boot time, density and simplicity. They also offer an extremely tiny, specialized runtime footprint much less vulnerable to attack.