<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>As containers use LXC (a form of "jail" or "openvz like") to run a program on the only kernel that is running on the actual hardware ( instead of mimicking a machine and running a kernel ), FreeSWITCH will probably behave well, if it is the only program running on the actual hardware.<br><br></div>If on the same hardware other programs (containers) are running, you will have exactly the same drawback than running FS on an hardware machine that is running other programs too: contentions of resources, IRQs, timers, kernel structures, etc (eg, a no-no, under high loads).<br><br></div>So, containers are better than virtualization (as in KVM, VMWare, etc), but nothing will beat FS running alone in an actual hardware (containerized or not) for obvious reasons.<br><br></div>Test test test, your use case may be particular and uniq.<br><br></div>-giovanni<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 October 2016 at 19:16, Ehsan Minachi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ehsanminachi@gmail.com" target="_blank">ehsanminachi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all,<br>
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We’ve containerized our infrastructure. The only piece left is FreeSWITCH which we’re hesitant. Has anyone run FreeSWITCH under high load in a container? Would love to hear if there are any downsides to running FreeSWITCH in a container.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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- Ehsan<br>
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