{"id":20493,"date":"2016-02-11T16:59:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=244812"},"modified":"2016-02-11T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:59:42","slug":"exponential-docker-usage-shows-container-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/exponential-docker-usage-shows-container-popularity\/","title":{"rendered":"Exponential Docker usage shows container popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Global<\/a>Adoption of Docker\u2019s containerisation technology has entered a period of explosive growth with its usage numbers nearly doubling in the last three months, according to its latest figures.<\/p>\n

A declaration on the company blog<\/a> reports that Docker has now issued 2 billion \u2018pulls\u2019 of images. In November 2015 the usage figure stood at 1.2 bullion pulls and the Docker Hub from which these images are pulled was only launched in March 2013.<\/p>\n

Docker\u2019s invention of software defined autonomous complete file system that encapsulates all the elements of a server in microcosm – such as code, runtime, system tools and system libraries \u2013 has whetted the appetite of developers in the age of the cloud.<\/p>\n

In January 2016, Docker users pulled images nearly 7,000 times per minute, which was four times the run rate a year ago. In that one month Docker enjoyed the equivalent of 15% of its total transaction from the past three years.<\/p>\n

The number of \u2018pulls\u2019 is significant because each of these transactions indicates that a Docker engine is downloading an image to create containers from it. Development teams use Docker Hub to publish and use containerised software, and automate their delivery. The fact that two billion pulls have now taken place indicates the popularity of the technology and the exponential growth rate in the last three months is an indicator of the growing popularity of this variation of virtualisation.<\/p>\n

There are currently over 400,000 registered users on Docker Hub. \u201cOur users span from the largest corporations, to newly-launched startups, to the individual Docker enthusiast and their number is increasing every day,\u201d wrote Docker spokesman and blog author Mario Ponticello.<\/p>\n

Around a fifth of Docker\u2019s two billion pulls come from its 93 \u2018Official Repos\u2019 – a curated set of images from Docker\u2019s partners, including NGINX, Oracle, Node.js and Cloudbees. Docker\u2019s security-monitoring service Nautilus maintains integrity of the Official Repos over time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our ecosystem grows, we\u2019ll be adding single-click deployment and security scanning to the Docker platform,\u201d said Monticello.<\/p>\n

A Rightscale study in January 2016 found that 17% of enterprises now have more than 1,000 virtual machines in the public cloud (up 4% in a year) while private clouds are showing even stronger appetite for virtualisation techniques with 31% of enterprises running more than 1,000 VMs, up from 22% in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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