Class Central is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]

Startup Containers in Lightning Speed with Lazy Image Distribution

CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] via YouTube

Overview

Discover innovative techniques for accelerating container startup times in this conference talk. Explore the limitations of current OCI Image Specifications and learn about cutting-edge alternative image formats that enable faster container initialization. Delve into CNCF containerd's "Remote Snapshotter" approach, which leverages these new formats to optimize image distribution. Gain insights into the implementation status of remote snapshotter functionality and understand how to harness its benefits. Examine benchmarking results, potential use cases, and other OCI-alternative lazy image distribution methods to enhance container performance and efficiency.

Syllabus

Intro
Summary
Pull is time-consuming
OCI/Docker Specs for image distribution
Problems on the OCI/Docker Specs
Lazypull with containerd Stargz Snapshotter
Standard-compliant lazypull
Stargz archive format
eStargz archive for prefetch
Workload-based runtime optimization with eStargz
Benchmarking results
Time to take for container startup
Expected use-cases
Other OCl-alternative lazy image distribution
Recap

Taught by

CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]

Reviews

Start your review of Startup Containers in Lightning Speed with Lazy Image Distribution

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.