Is it possible to install a container as a server?

Question

Docker

Good afternoon!

There is a working service, which consists of 3 microservices, which consist of 10 images / containers. One of the containers loads the server well, since these are calculations (python without DB, etc.), and I want to move it to a dedicated one. Of course, you can make a transfer, but that's not the point. Actually the question is: is it possible to install an image or container on a separate server as a host, and not as a Docker image, to minimize performance losses?

Thanks for your thoughts and experiences!

Answer 1

If you have computing tasks on that container, then there is a good chance that you will not be able to win by abandoning Docker.
Perhaps, unless you run the container too often. Then it will make sense. But then you are using Docker incorrectly.
Try moving that container to a more powerful machine. And it’s even better to parallelize by increasing the number of instances. In the end, it may even be an architectural task.

Answer 2

So the docker layer adds almost nothing to the load, if you do not use the orchestra, then this is generally just an environment. It's easier to take out the application itself then. But the whole point of containers is that if the application is written correctly, with the ability to scale horizontally, the docker container runs very quickly on different hosts.