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Choosing a Container Orchestration Platform with Docker Docker is the de facto container platform, supporting the microservices architecture for deploying loosely coupled applications. However, Docker supports several container orchestration platforms—which should you choose? Let’s look at some of the main platforms: Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, OpenShift, Mesos, and CFCR. |
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Choosing a Search Engine Database A search engine database indexes data in addition to storing it, so users are able to search collections of data using keywords. The features here are common to most search engine databases, so when deciding which is best for your use, determine what factors are most important and pick one that prioritizes your needs. |
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