Tag: Serverless Computing

Virtualization vs. Containerization — Comparing Differences

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Liquid Web

Category: Private Cloud | Tags: Architecture Stack, Bare Metal Hypervisor, Benefits of Containerization, Benefits of Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Container Engine, Containerization, Containers, Disadvantages of Containerization, Disadvantages of Virtualization, Hybrid Solutions, Hypervisor, Private Cloud, Serverless Computing, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Virtualization Software Components, Virtualization vs. Containerization, VM, VMware

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Let's take a deep dive to better understand the technical differences involved with virtualization vs. containerization — when it comes to your future web hosting architecture stack for Serverless Computing. Selecting the most optimal Cloud Computing hosting product from Liquid Web will depend on this knowledge.

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What is Serverless? A Beginners Guide

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Dean Conally

Category: Tutorials | Tags: API, Application, Architecture, Cold Start, Computing, Container, Containerization, Containers, Event, FaaS, Framework, Functions, Functions as a Service, Infrastructure, Microservices, Serverless, Serverless Applications, Serverless Architecture, Serverless Computing, Stateless, Warm Start

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What is Serverless?

Serverless computing (or serverless for short), is an execution model where the cloud provider manages and allocates resources dynamically without the need for infrastructure. Resource allocation is based on the as needed, real-time use of your application or website. When running this type of hosting, you are only charged for the amount of resources that our code uses.

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