What is the runtime performance cost of a Docker container?

I’d like to comprehensively understand the run-time performance cost of a Docker container. I’ve found references to networking anecdotally being ~100µs slower. I’ve also found references to the run-time cost being “negligible” and “close to zero” but I’d like to know more precisely what those costs are. Ideally I’d like to know what Docker is … Read more

Shortcut to exit scale mode in VirtualBox [closed]

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question What is the shortcut to exit scale mode in Oracle VirtualBox, Windows 7 host? 9 s 9 To exit … Read more

Addressing localhost from a VirtualBox virtual machine [closed]

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question I have a local test/development server (HTTP, of course), listening to port 8000. I’m working on Linux, so to … Read more

How is Docker different from a virtual machine?

I keep rereading the Docker documentation to try to understand the difference between Docker and a full VM. How does it manage to provide a full filesystem, isolated networking environment, etc. without being as heavy? Why is deploying software to a Docker image (if that’s the right term) easier than simply deploying to a consistent … Read more

Java “Error occurred during initialization of VM” fix?

I was trying to make a Minecraft server and got the following error on startup: Error occured during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. I tried everything I could find: I created CLASS … Read more