TECHNOLOGY PROFILE · TECH-0058
Docker
Container packaging and runtime tooling.
Reference link only — not reviewed this edition. This profile preserves the prepared catalog’s original descriptions. Advantages depend on the workload; comparisons are editorial, not benchmark results.
Where it has an edge
Reproducible dependency environments reduce machine-to-machine differences versus manual installations.
Best-fit problems
Packaging inference services, evaluation runners and training environments.
Tradeoffs & cautions
Containers share a kernel and are not sufficient isolation for arbitrary hostile code.
What to test before choosing
Inject failures and data shifts; verify useful alerts, observability cost and redaction of sensitive content.
Runtime & hardware
Application infrastructure
Access & licensing
Open-source cores; managed/enterprise editions vary
Execution
Local / self-hosted
Lifecycle
Not independently audited
Comparison basis
Editorial problem-fit judgement; no head-to-head benchmark performed
Connected concepts
Alternatives to investigate
Apptainer · Podman · virtual-machines