Container network architecture and performance analysis of Macvlan and IPvlan

Abstract

Macvlan and IPvlan modes allow the host physical Network Interface Card (NIC) to create several virtual sub interfaces, which can meet the containers communication requirements across different network segment in complex application scenarios. The paper describes the architecture characteristics of these two modes in depth and builds container overlay network in single machine and multi machine environments. Around the key network indicators such as round-trip time (RTT), bandwidth and jitter, Ping and Iperf tools are used to test and analyse the end-to-end container communication performance. The experimental results show that IPvlan mode has better network performance and provides a comprehensive and rich application scenario for the container overlay network.