Container Cloud Performance Comparison

Published: 2019-06-24

Container Cloud Performance and Feature Comparison

Overall, the performance, features, and price of a single container are between those of a dedicated cloud virtual machine and an elastic cloud host, and it can be used for website building, running applications, etc.

The performance and features of a single container are relatively limited, but by adding switches for networking and deploying load balancing, you can build cluster services, greatly improving performance, flexibility, and availability. While meeting functional requirements, it also saves capital and operating costs to the greatest extent!

Performance/Feature	Virtual Host	Container Cloud	Cloud Server
Resources	Shared	Not fully shared	Dedicated
Isolation	Weak	Moderate (100% data isolation)	Strong
Operational Flexibility	Poor Only supports FTP, web, and mail	Moderate Can install a large number of applications, achieving 80% of cloud server functionality	High Equivalent to a dedicated server
Network Type	Shared	Optional shared public IP, dedicated public IP, or private network	Dedicated public IP
Load Balancing	Not supported	Supported	Supported
Security Group	Supported Filters inbound traffic only	Supported Filters both inbound and outbound traffic	Supported Filters inbound traffic only
SSL Deployment	Supported	Supported (requires dedicated public IP)	Supported
SDN Network	Not supported	Supported	Not supported
Service Discovery	Not supported	Supported	Not provided by default
Private Network Setup	Not supported	Supported	Not provided by default
Elastic Upgrade	Not supported Only supports upgrading to fixed models	Supported Can be flexibly adjusted according to demand	Supported Can be flexibly adjusted according to demand
Price	Cheapest	Affordable	Higher
Payment Method	Annual	Supports monthly, quarterly, and annual payment	Supports monthly, quarterly, and annual payment