5 ms·

If your container is big it also takes long time to fetch and start it

• esperent 3y ago
  Alpine docker container starts at 5mb.
  • takeda 3y ago
    OP was arguing that today the big size doesn't matter, because disk space is cheap. I was providing argument that it still does.
• notpushkin 3y ago
  Base image layers are deduplicated though. Now if only we could pick a single base image...
  • chaxor 3y ago
    Alpine or Debian. Those are the only base images you ever need.
    • tracker1 3y ago
      Specifically, Debian-slim. But even then, the versions are varied.
  • takeda 3y ago
    Theoretically that would work, in practice it doesn't. Making distroless containers is the way to go.