GridKa School 2015: Big Data, Virtualization and Modern Programming

Session

Docker for a ROOT based data analysis flow

Sep 9, 2015, 1:00 PM

Conveners

Docker for a ROOT based data analysis flow

• Elvin Sindrilaru (CERN (CH))

22. Docker for a ROOT based data analysis flow

Mr Elvin Sindrilaru (CERN (CH))

9/9/15, 1:00 PM

Virtualization

Linux containers (LXC) is a technology that provides operating system-level virtualisation not via a virtual machines but rather by using a single kernel to run multiple instances on the same OS. Linux namespaces and control groups (cgroups) represent the foundation on which LXC are built. Containers are fast to deploy, they introduce no overhead or indirection as in the case of traditional...