Benchmark

Docker for mac

1. Start docker for mac

2. Open the terminal

3. Launch benchmark

docker run --rm -v $PWD:/data -it ubuntu:latest dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/test.data bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync

4. Results

1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 3.8278 s, 281 MB/s

Docker machine (avec virtualbox share)

0. Open the terminal

1. Create the machine

docker-machine create terminator --virtualbox-cpu-count=2 --virtualbox-memory=2048 --driver=virtualbox

2. Connect docker client to machine

eval $(docker-machine env terminator)

3. Launch benchark

docker run --rm -v $PWD:/data -it ubuntu:latest dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/test.data bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync

4. Results

1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 4.44023 s, 242 MB/s

Docker machine (sans virtualbox share)

0. Open the terminal

1. Create the machine

docker-machine create terminator --virtualbox-cpu-count=2 --virtualbox-memory=2048 --virtualbox-no-share --driver=virtualbox

2. Connect docker client to machine

eval $(docker-machine env terminator)

3. Launch benchark

docker run --rm -v $PWD:/data -it ubuntu:latest dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/test.data bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync

4. Results

1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 0.260314 s, 4.1 GB/s

Astuce

Volume is speed when share from vm to host
Volume is slow when share from host to vm

Use sshfs for access from host to volumes stored in vm
docker run -v /host/share:/home/terminator/share -p 2222:22 -d atmoz/sftp 'terminator:terminator:1000'