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I've never been able to run Docker on my MacBook Pro without the CPU's going crazy and the energy usage skyrocketing. I opened a ticket about it, but there hav

by dylanz 6y ago

I've never been able to run Docker on my MacBook Pro without the CPU's going crazy and the energy usage skyrocketing. I opened a ticket about it, but there have been other related tickets that have been closed without any real resolution: https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4323 https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4323 It unfortunately prevents me from using Docker for local development. I'm hoping things change with M1.

tehlike 6y ago
Docker on mac is a vm, and things relating to volume mounts are horrendous. Switched to a linux laptop (aero15) and things work now.
- hmcdona1 6y ago
  yeah osxfs, their solution for syncing mounted file paths, has a massive performance hit. the less files you need to mount in your composes the better. http://docker-sync.io/ http://docker-sync.io/ helps, but docker for mac is still slow.
dgdosen 6y ago
Similarly, I installed docker-machine and docker (via Homebrew) on my M1 mac via Rosetta 2, and connect to a remote docker host, similar in configuration to this blog post (which really has a misleading title). That works - but it pegs processor usage on the M1 mac...
- spuz 6y ago
  What is the performance like though?
  - dgdosen 6y ago
    speed is just dependent upon the speed of the remote docker instance... and latency... for me - perf is great.
- dgdosen 6y ago
  Clarifying - I think my 'processor usage' issue is from running lazydocker (and exiting). Not sure what the issue is.
ed25519FUUU 6y ago
I notice that it consistently uses about 10% of a CPU while idle. I searched for this issue on github and see people complaining about it as far back as 2017, so I know it's probably not going to be addressed anytime soon.
mekster 6y ago
Why do people always try to create a local environment that would be quite different from the production environment? Run a real Linux under VMware fusion or rent a remote $5 Linux and set up Docker and other stuff there.
- ashtonian 6y ago
  Cause it's good enough, and we have ci servers and qa environments. Simplicity is king in local dev.

by dylanz 6y ago

tehlike 6y ago

Docker on mac is a vm, and things relating to volume mounts are horrendous. Switched to a linux laptop (aero15) and things work now.

hmcdona1 6y ago
yeah osxfs, their solution for syncing mounted file paths, has a massive performance hit. the less files you need to mount in your composes the better. http://docker-sync.io/ http://docker-sync.io/ helps, but docker for mac is still slow.

dgdosen 6y ago

Similarly, I installed docker-machine and docker (via Homebrew) on my M1 mac via Rosetta 2, and connect to a remote docker host, similar in configuration to this blog post (which really has a misleading title). That works - but it pegs processor usage on the M1 mac...

spuz 6y ago
What is the performance like though?
- dgdosen 6y ago
  speed is just dependent upon the speed of the remote docker instance... and latency... for me - perf is great.
dgdosen 6y ago
Clarifying - I think my 'processor usage' issue is from running lazydocker (and exiting). Not sure what the issue is.

ed25519FUUU 6y ago

I notice that it consistently uses about 10% of a CPU while idle. I searched for this issue on github and see people complaining about it as far back as 2017, so I know it's probably not going to be addressed anytime soon.

mekster 6y ago

Why do people always try to create a local environment that would be quite different from the production environment? Run a real Linux under VMware fusion or rent a remote $5 Linux and set up Docker and other stuff there.

ashtonian 6y ago
Cause it's good enough, and we have ci servers and qa environments. Simplicity is king in local dev.