{"id":6486,"date":"2016-07-21T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2016-06-16T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:51:25","slug":"containers-great-idea-but-large-scale-management-of-a-container-environment-is-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/containers-great-idea-but-large-scale-management-of-a-container-environment-is-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Containers: Great Idea, but Large-Scale Management of a Container Environment is Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Docker containers have become a popular way to streamline the environment that a self-contained application can run in. \u00a0(Docker currently has 94 percent of the container market<\/a>.) Container technology is hot and it is being used increasingly by \u00a0enterprises to more efficiently use resources, save time, and improve the ability to deploy and distribute applications.<\/p>\n

A report by ClusterHQ<\/a> found that cluster deployments to production increased by 96 percent compared to 2015.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0there’s often a problem when there is too much of a good thing. \u00a0Enterprises are now struggling with managing their collection of containerized applications. \u00a0A study by the Cloud Foundry Foundation<\/a> found that 82 percent of people say that\u00a0“containers can be a challenge to get to scale.” \u00a0What’s more, almost the same number say that even anything more complicated than just a few containers can quickly become very complicated.<\/p>\n

Conclusions from the Cloud Foundry report include:<\/p>\n