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Docker container memory upper limit

I'm trying to find an answer to a question what is the maximum possible amount of memory assigned to a Docker container on Intel Linux 64 bit OS?

Solution

  • Ref. the user memory constraints:

    Examples:

    $ docker run -it ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash

    We set nothing about memory, this means the processes in the container can use as much memory and swap memory as they need.

    Unless you explicitly limit the memory (--memory) then your limit will be the amount of memory assigned to the host. docker stats <container> displays the memory limits (among other stats):

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