Kata Containers Performance Evaluation and Optimization on Arm64

Explore a conference talk on Kata Containers performance evaluation and optimization for Arm64 architecture. Dive into the current status of Kata Containers on aarch64, focusing on performance metrics such as boot time, memory footprint, network, and storage I/O. Examine real-life test cases involving nginx, redis, and tensorflow, and compare Kata containers with runc containers. Learn about the Arm container team's optimization efforts, including virtiofs enablement, nvdimm support, kvm ptp enablement, and various performance enhancements. Gain insights into Kata Containers' architecture design, new features in Kata 2.0, and functional developments. Analyze performance comparisons for container boot time, guest kernel boot time, binary size, and memory footprint. Discover tuning strategies and explore user stories from Chinese internet giants implementing Kata Containers.

Intro
How make container more secure
Kata Containers Architecture Design
What is new in Kata 2.0
Kata containers status on arm64
status on arm64 – features comparison
virtio-fs
Functional features development
Performance comparison-container boot time
Guest kernel boot time
Tuning items (boot time)
VM template
Performance comparison - binary size
Performance comparison - memory footprint
Kata go binary memory footprint comparison
Network throughout
Performance tuning Items
User Stories - Kata in Chinese internet giants