advancedContainerization with Docker
Why is minimizing a Kafka microservice's Docker image size still worth the effort even though storage is cheap?
Smaller images pull faster during deployments and autoscaling events (a slow image pull directly delays how fast Kubernetes can spin up a new consumer instance to handle a lag spike), and a smaller image also has a smaller attack surface, since fewer unnecessary packages/layers means fewer potential vulnerabilities.
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