Docker containers provide significantly lower resource usage and higher density than traditional virtual machines when running multiple workloads concurrently on a server. When booting 15 Ubuntu VMs with MySQL sequentially, Docker containers boot on average 3.5 seconds compared to 5.8 seconds for KVMs. During steady state operation of 15 active VMs, Docker uses on average 0.2% CPU and 49MB RAM per container, while KVMs use 1.9% CPU and 292MB RAM each. Docker maintains low 1-minute load averages of 0.15, while KVMs average 35.9% under load.

1. Performance Characteristics of
Traditional VMs vs Docker Containers
dockercon14
June 9-10, 2014
San Francisco, CA
Boden Russell (brussell@us.ibm.com)

2. Motivations: Computer Scientist
6/11/2014 2
Family
Innovation
Creativity
Revenue

3. Motivations: Enterprise
6/11/2014 3
Revenue
Revenue
Revenue
Revenue

4. Increasing Revenue: Do More With Less
Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase Return On Investment (ROI)
6/11/2014 4
Category Factors Scope
CAPEX
Hardware costs - VM density (consolidation ratio)
- Soft device integration
- Broad vendor compatibility
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Software licensing costs - Software purchase price
- Support contracts
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
OPEX
Disaster recovery - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Upgrade / maintenance expenses - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Power & cooling costs - Reduced HW footprint - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Administration efficiency - Automated operations
- Performance / response time
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Support & training costs - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
AGILITY
Application delivery time - Workflow complexity
- Toolset costs
- Skillset
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Planned / unplanned downtime - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
*Not a complete or extensive list

5. About This Benchmark
 Use case perspective
– As an OpenStack Cloud user I want a Ubuntu based VM with MySQL… Why would I choose
docker LXC vs a traditional hypervisor?
 OpenStack “Cloudy” perspective
– LXC vs. traditional VM from a Cloudy (OpenStack) perspective
– VM operational times (boot, start, stop, snapshot)
– Compute node resource usage (per VM penalty); density factor
 Guest runtime perspective
– CPU, memory, file I/O, MySQL OLTP, etc.
 Why KVM?
– Exceptional performance
DISCLAIMERS
The tests herein are semi-active litmus tests – no in depth tuning,
analysis, etc. More active testing is warranted. These results do not
necessary reflect your workload or exact performance nor are they
guaranteed to be statistically sound.
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6. Docker in OpenStack
 Havana
– Nova virt driver which integrates with docker REST API on backend
– Glance translator to integrate docker images with Glance
 Icehouse
– Heat plugin for docker
 Both options are still under development
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nova-docker virt driver docker heat plugin
DockerInc::Docke
r::Container
(plugin)

7. Benchmark Environment Topology @ SoftLayer
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glance api / reg
nova api / cond / etc
keystone
…
rally
nova api / cond / etc
cinder api / sch / vol
docker lxc
dstat
controller compute node
glance api / reg
nova api / cond / etc
keystone
…
rally
nova api / cond / etc
cinder api / sch / vol
KVM
dstat
controller compute node
+
Awesome!
+
Awesome!

8. Benchmark Specs
6/11/2014 8
Spec Controller Node (4CPU x 8G RAM) Compute Node (16CPU x 96G RAM)
Environment Bare Metal @ SoftLayer Bare Metal @ SoftLayer
Mother Board SuperMicro X8SIE-F Intel Xeon QuadCore SingleProc SATA
[1Proc]
SuperMicro X8DTU-F_R2 Intel Xeon HexCore DualProc [2Proc]
CPU Intel Xeon-Lynnfield 3470-Quadcore [2.93GHz] (Intel Xeon-Westmere 5620-Quadcore [2.4GHz]) x 2
Memory (Kingston 4GB DDR3 2Rx8 4GB DDR3 2Rx8 [4GB]) x2 (Kingston 16GB DDR3 2Rx4 16GB DDR3 2Rx4 [16GB]) x 6
HDD (LOCAL) Digital WD Caviar RE3 WD5002ABYS [500GB]; SATAII Western Digital WD Caviar RE4 WD5003ABYX [500GB]; SATAII
NIC eth0/eth1 @ 100 Mbps eth0/eth1 @100 Mbps
Operating System Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit
Kernel 3.5.0-48-generic 3.8.0-38-generic
IO Scheduler deadline deadline
Hypervisor tested NA - KVM 1.0 + virtio + KSM (memory deduplication)
- docker 0.10.0 + go1.2.1 + commit dc9c28f + AUFS
OpenStack Trunk master via devstack Trunk master via devstack. Libvirt KVM nova driver / nova-docker
virt driver
OpenStack Benchmark
Client
OpenStack project rally NA
Metrics Collection NA dstat
Guest Benchmark Driver NA - Sysbench 0.4.12
- mbw 1.1.1.-2
- iibench (py)
- netperf 2.5.0-1
- Blogbench 1.1
- cpu_bench.py
VM Image NA - Scenario 1 (KVM): official ubuntu 12.04 image + mysql
snapshotted and exported to qcow2 – 1080 MB
- Scenario 2 (docker): guillermo/mysql -- 381.5 MB
Hosted @

9. STEADY STATE VM PACKING
OpenStack Cloudy Benchmark
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10. Cloudy Performance: Steady State Packing
 Benchmark scenario overview
– Pre-cache VM image on compute node prior to test
– Boot 15 VM asynchronously in succession
– Wait for 5 minutes (to achieve steady-state on the
compute node)
– Delete all 15 VMs asynchronously in succession
 Benchmark driver
– cpu_bench.py
 High level goals
– Understand compute node characteristics under
steady-state conditions with 15 packed / active VMs
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ActiveVMs
Time
Benchmark Visualization
VMs

11. Cloudy Performance: Steady State Packing
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CPUUsageInPercent
Time
Docker: Compute Node CPU (full test duration)
usr
sys
Averages
– 0.54
– 0.17
0
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CPUUsageInPercent
Time
KVM: Compute Node CPU (full test duration)
usr
sys
Averages
– 7.64
– 1.4

12. Cloudy Performance: Steady State Packing
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CPUUsageInPercent
Time (31s – 243s)
Docker: Compute Node Steady-State CPU (segment: 31s – 243s)
usr
sys
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CPUUsageInPercent
Time (95s - 307s)
KVM: Compute Node Steady-State CPU (segment: 95s – 307s)
usr
sys
Averages
– 0.2
– 0.03
Averages
– 1.91
– 0.36
31 seconds
243 seconds
95 seconds
307 seconds

13. Cloudy Performance: Steady State Packing
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103
109
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127
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157
163
169
175
181
187
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199
205
211
CPUUsageInPercent
Time: KVM(95s - 307s) Docker(31s – 243s)
Docker / KVM: Compute Node Steady-State CPU (Segment Overlay)
docker-usr
docker-sys
kvm-usr
kvm-sys
docker: 31s
KVM: 95s
docker: 243s
KVM: 307s
Docker Averages
– 0.2
– 0.03
KVM Averages
– 1.91
– 0.36

14. Cloudy Performance: Steady State Packing
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0.00E+00
1.00E+09
2.00E+09
3.00E+09
4.00E+09
5.00E+09
6.00E+09
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MemoryUsed
Axis Title
Docker / KVM: Compute Node Used Memory (Overlay)
kvm
docker
docker
Delta
734 MB
Per VM
49 MB
KVM
Delta
4387 MB
Per VM
292 MB

15. Cloudy Performance: Steady State Packing
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1MinuteLoadAverage
Time
Docker: Compute Node 1m Load Average (full test duration)
1m
Average
0.15 %
0
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337
1MinuteLoadAverage
Time
KVM: Compute Node 1m Load Average (full test duration)
1m
Average
35.9 %

16. SERIALLY BOOT 15 VMS
OpenStack Cloudy Benchmark
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17. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
 Benchmark scenario overview
– Pre-cache VM image on compute node prior to test
– Boot VM
– Wait for VM to become ACTIVE
– Repeat the above steps for a total of 15 VMs
– Delete all VMs
 Benchmark driver
– OpenStack Rally
 High level goals
– Understand compute node characteristics under
sustained VM boots
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ActiveVMs
Time
Benchmark Visualization
VMs

18. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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3.529113102
5.781662448
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
docker KVM
TimeInSeconds
Average Server Boot Time
docker
KVM

19. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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0
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10
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35
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79
CPUUsageInPercent
Time
Docker: Compute Node CPU
usr
sys
Averages
– 1.39
– 0.57
0
5
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35
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109
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118
121
124
127
CPUUsageInPercent
Time
KVM: Compute Node CPU Usage
usr
sys
Averages
– 13.45
– 2.23

20. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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0
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35
1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 101105109113117121125
CPUUsageInPercent
Time
Docker / KVM: Compute Node CPU (Unnormalized Overlay)
kvm-usr
kvm-sys
docker-usr
docker-sys

21. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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y = 0.0095x + 1.008
y = 0.3582x + 1.0633
0
5
10
15
20
25
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51
UsrCPUInPercent
Time (8s - 58s)
Docker / KVM: Serial VM Boot Usr CPU (segment: 8s - 58s)
docker(8-58)
kvm(8-58)
Linear (docker(8-58))
Linear (kvm(8-58))
8 seconds 58 seconds

22. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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0.00E+00
5.00E+08
1.00E+09
1.50E+09
2.00E+09
2.50E+09
3.00E+09
3.50E+09
4.00E+09
4.50E+09
5.00E+09
1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 101105109113117121125
MemoryUsed
Time
Docker / KVM: Compute Node Memory Used (Unnormalized Overlay)
kvm
docker
Docker
Delta
677 MB
Per VM
45 MB
KVM
Delta
2737 MB
Per VM
182 MB

23. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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y = 1E+07x + 1E+09
y = 3E+07x + 1E+09
0.00E+00
5.00E+08
1.00E+09
1.50E+09
2.00E+09
2.50E+09
3.00E+09
3.50E+09
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65
MemoryUsage
Time (1s - 67s)
Docker / KVM: Serial VM Boot Memory Usage (segment: 1s - 67s)
docker
kvm
Linear (docker)
Linear (kvm)
1 second 67 seconds

24. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Boot
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10
15
20
25
30
35
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79
1MinuteLoadAverage
Time
Docker: Compute Node 1m Load Average
1m
Average
0.25 %
0
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127
1MinuteLoadAverage
Time
KVM: Compute Node 1m Load Average
1m
Average
11.18 %

25. SERIAL VM SOFT REBOOT
OpenStack Cloudy Benchmark
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26. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Reboot
 Benchmark scenario overview
– Pre-cache VM image on compute node prior to test
– Boot a VM & wait for it to become ACTIVE
– Soft reboot the VM and wait for it to become ACTIVE
• Repeat reboot a total of 5 times
– Delete VM
– Repeat the above for a total of 5 VMs
 Benchmark driver
– OpenStack Rally
 High level goals
– Understand compute node characteristics under sustained VM reboots
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ActiveVMs
Time
Benchmark Visualization
Active VMs

27. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Reboot
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2.577879581
124.433239
0
20
40
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80
100
120
140
docker KVM
TimeInSeconds
Average Server Reboot Time
docker
KVM

28. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Reboot
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3.567586041
3.479760051
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
docker KVM
TimeInSeconds
Average Server Delete Time
docker
KVM

29. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Reboot
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109
CPUUsageInPercent
Time
Docker: Compute Node CPU
usr
sys
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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10
1
72
143
214
285
356
427
498
569
640
711
782
853
924
995
1066
1137
1208
1279
1350
1421
1492
1563
1634
1705
1776
1847
1918
1989
2060
2131
2202
2273
2344
2415
2486
2557
2628
2699
2770
2841
2912
2983
3054
3125
CPUUsageInPercent
Time
KVM: Compute Node CPU
usr
sys
Averages
– 0.69
– 0.26
Averages
– 0.84
– 0.18

30. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Reboot
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0.00E+00
5.00E+08
1.00E+09
1.50E+09
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MemoryUsed
Time
Docker: Compute Node Used Memory
Memory
Delta
48 MB
0.00E+00
5.00E+08
1.00E+09
1.50E+09
2.00E+09
2.50E+09
1
81
161
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401
481
561
641
721
801
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1041
1121
1201
1281
1361
1441
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1681
1761
1841
1921
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2081
2161
2241
2321
2401
2481
2561
2641
2721
2801
2881
2961
3041
3121
MemoryUsed
Time
KVM: Compute Node Used Memory
Memory
Delta
486 MB

31. Cloudy Performance: Serial VM Reboot
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Docker: Compute Node 1m Load Average
1m
Average
0.4 %
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281
351
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491
561
631
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2521
2591
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2731
2801
2871
2941
3011
3081
3151
1MinuteLoadAverage
Time
KVM: Compute Node 1m Load Average
1m
Average
0.33 %

32. SNAPSHOT VM TO IMAGE
OpenStack Cloudy Benchmark
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33. Cloudy Performance: Snapshot VM To Image
 Benchmark scenario overview
– Pre-cache VM image on compute node prior to test
– Boot a VM
– Wait for it to become ACTIVE
– Snapshot the VM
– Wait for image to become ACTIVE
– Delete VM
 Benchmark driver
– OpenStack Rally
 High level goals
– Understand cloudy ops times from a user perspective
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34. Cloudy Performance: Snapshot VM To Image
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36.88756394
48.02313805
0
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docker KVM
TimeInSeconds
Average Snapshot Server Time
docker
KVM

35. Cloudy Performance: Snapshot VM To Image
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CPUUsageInPercent
Time
Docker: Compute Node CPU
usr
sys
Averages
– 0.42
– 0.15
0
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106
109
112
115
CPUUsageInPercent
Time
KVM: Compute Node CPU
usr
sys
Averages
– 1.46
– 1.0

36. Cloudy Performance: Snapshot VM To Image
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1.48E+09
1.5E+09
1.52E+09
1.54E+09
1.56E+09
1.58E+09
1.6E+09
1.62E+09
1.64E+09
1.66E+09
1.68E+09
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MemoryUsed
Time
KVM: Compute Node Used Memory
Memory
Delta
114 MB
1.6E+09
1.61E+09
1.62E+09
1.63E+09
1.64E+09
1.65E+09
1.66E+09
1.67E+09
1.68E+09
1.69E+09
1.7E+09
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65
MemoryUsed
Time
Docker: Compute Node Memory Used
Memory
Delta
57 MB

37. Cloudy Performance: Snapshot VM To Image
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1MinuteLoadAverage
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Docker: Compute Node 1m Load Average
1m
Average
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Time
KVM: Compute node 1m Load Average
1m
Average
0.47 %

38. GUEST PERFORMANCE
BENCHMARKS
Guest VM Benchmark
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39. Guest Ops: Network
940.26 940.56
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
docker KVM
ThroughputIn10^6bits/second
Network Throughput
docker
KVM
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40. Guest Ops: Near Bare Metal Performance
 Typical docker LXC
performance near par
with bare metal
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linpack performance @ 45000
0
50
100
150
200
250
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
BM
vcpus
GFlops
220.77
Bare metal220.5
@32 vcpu
220.9
@ 31 vcpu
0
2000
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8000
10000
12000
14000
MEMCPY DUMB MCBLOCK
MiB/s
Memory Test
Memory Benchmark Performance
Bare Metal (MiB/s)
docker (MiB/s)
KVM (MiB/s)

41. Guest Ops: Block I/O
 Tested with [standard] AUFS
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845 822
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Bare Metal docker
MB/s
Async I/O
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/d4g bs=4G count=1
Bare Metal
docker
90.1 87.2
0
10
20
30
40
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60
70
80
90
100
Bare Metal docker
MB/s
Sync Data Write
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/d4g bs=4G count=1 oflag=dsync
Bare Metal
docker
89.2 89
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Bare Metal docker
MB/s
Sync Data / Metadata Write
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/d4g bs=4G count=1 oflag=sync
Bare Metal
docker

42. Guest Ops: File I/O Random Read / Write
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1 2 4 8 16 32 64
TotalTransferredInKb/sec
Threads
Sysbench Synchronous File I/O Random Read/Write @ R/W Ratio of 1.50
docker
KVM
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43. Guest Ops: MySQL OLTP
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
1 2 4 8 16 32 64
TotalTransactions
Threads
MySQL OLTP Random Transactional R/W (60s)
docker
KVM
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44. Guest Ops: MySQL Indexed Insertion
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000 1000000
SecondsPer100KInsertionBatch
Table Size In Rows
MySQL Indexed Insertion @ 100K Intervals
docker
kvm
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45. Cloud Management Impacts on docker LXC
0.17
3.529113102
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
docker cli nova-docker
Seconds
Docker: Boot Container - CLI vs Nova Virt
docker cli
nova-docker
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Cloud management often caps true ops performance of LXC

46. Ubuntu MySQL Image Size
381.5
1080
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
docker kvm
SizeInMB
Docker / KVM: Ubuntu MySQL
docker
kvm
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Out of the box JeOS images for docker are lightweight

47. In Summary
 Near bare metal performance in the guest
 Fast operations in the Cloud
– Often capped by Cloud management framework
 Reduced resource consumption (CPU, MEM) on the compute
node – greater density
 Out of the box smaller image footprint
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48. Parting Thoughts: Ecosystem Synergy
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Category Factors Scope
CAPEX
Hardware costs - VM density (consolidation ratio)
- Soft device integration
- Broad vendor compatibility
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Software licensing costs - Software purchase price
- Support contracts
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
OPEX
Disaster recovery - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Upgrade / maintenance expenses - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Power & cooling costs - Reduced HW footprint - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Administration efficiency - Automated operations
- Performance / response time
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Support & training costs - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
AGILITY
Application delivery time - Workflow complexity
- Toolset costs
- Skillset
- Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Planned / unplanned downtime - Hypervisor
- Cloud manager
Displacement of enterprise players requires full stack solutions
*Not a complete or extensive list

49. References & Related Links
 http://www.slideshare.net/BodenRussell/realizing-linux-containerslxc
 http://bodenr.blogspot.com/2014/05/kvm-and-docker-lxc-benchmarking-with.html
 https://www.docker.io/
 http://sysbench.sourceforge.net/
 http://dag.wiee.rs/home-made/dstat/
 http://www.openstack.org/
 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Rally
 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Docker
 http://devstack.org/
 http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
 https://github.com/stackforge/nova-docker
 https://github.com/dotcloud/docker-registry
 http://www.netperf.org/netperf/
 http://www.tokutek.com/products/iibench/
 http://www.brendangregg.com/activebenchmarking.html
 http://wiki.openvz.org/Performance
 http://www.slideshare.net/jpetazzo/linux-containers-lxc-docker-and-security
 (images)
– http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=11972&picture=dollars
– http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=1888&picture=zoom
– http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=6059&picture=ge-building
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50. Thank You… Questions?
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