Comparative Performance Study of Lightweight Hypervisors Used in Container Environment

Li, Guoqing; Takahashi, Keichi; Ichikawa, Kohei; Iida, Hajimu; Thiengburanathum, Pree; Phannachitta, Passakorn

doi:10.5220/0010440502150223

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“…This provides raw performance numbers for basic indicators measured on the local machine. A similar study by Li et al [8] explores MySQL and NGINX performance, showing that Kata Containers are generally on par with Docker, but gVisor is significantly slower.…”

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confidence: 80%

A Functional and Performance Benchmark of Lightweight Virtualization Platforms for Edge Computing

Goethals

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Al-Naday

et al. 2022

2022 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Communications (EDGE)

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The recent rise of edge computing and FaaS triggered a revolution in the field of software virtualization, improving performance and security. This paper benchmarks various lightweight virtualization platforms, such as microVMs and containers, in the context of edge microservices. Factors taken into account include toolchain maturity, networking capabilities, boot time, resource use, microservice performance, and ARM architecture readiness. We present a functional comparison and benchmarks on both a Raspberry Pi 4 and an x86-64 platform. The results indicate standard Docker containers offer reliable performance and low memory use, while microVM-based solutions such as Firecracker are more isolated. Moreover, OSv unikernels have extremely low boot times and significantly better performance than Docker containers. Finally, while gVisor offers improved security and excellent compatibility, its performance is only 10% of default Docker performance.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 80%