From: nospam@no.no   
      
   Mladen Gogala wrote:   
      
   > I have had a rather unpleasant debate on another forum about Docker. The   
   > whole thing started when a guy who was asking whether anyone has managed   
   > to put RAC in Docker containers went berserk after my counter question   
   > "what would be the point of that?".   
      
   Rather more polite than my initial thought of 'why the hell would you   
   bother?'   
      
   > Docker containers are light-weight virtual machines which are allegedly   
   > much more efficient than the traditional VM's, created by VMWare or Hyper-   
   > V. I don't see Docker being present in any significant numbers in my   
   > client environments. Cloud service providers are still using VMWare,   
   > Hyper-V and they don't seem to being present in any significant numbers,   
      
   I've never seen or heard of them in use for anything, let alone   
   production systems.  Colour me skeptical abut their (Docker) claims   
   of efficiency.   
      
   > I believe that any virtual machine, not only Docker, is a complete   
   > nonsense when it comes to RAC.   
      
   Agreed.   
      
   [...]   
      
   > So, is an Oracle database in a Docket container practical or just another   
   > marketing fad, like agile, DevOps and BAAS (Bug as a service)?   
      
   Practical?  No.   
      
   One thing it almost certainly could be described as is 'unsupported'.   
      
      
   Cheers!   
   Andy.   
      
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