Windows Containers on AWS Fargate: Launch time improvements
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This article discusses improvements made to AWS Fargate for reducing the launch times of Windows containers. It provides insights into the different phases of the Windows container launch process on Fargate and the recent enhancements made by AWS to optimize each phase.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Background on the different phases of Windows container launch on Fargate: infrastructure ready time, container image pull time, and task startup time.
- Enhancements made by AWS to improve launch times:
- Optimized Windows Server AMIs with pre-configured services
- Enabling EC2 fast launch for faster instance provisioning
- Recent changes to reduce networking latencies
- Suggestions for customers to further optimize launch times:
- Keep application images up-to-date with the latest Windows Server base images
- Use Windows Server Core images for faster launches
- Conclusion summarizing the improvements and emphasizing the need to optimize Windows container launch process rather than expecting parity with Linux containers.
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