Mount Mayhem at Netflix: Scaling Containers on Modern CPUs

356 · Netflix, Inc. · Feb. 28, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses Netflix's experience of modernizing its container runtime and the CPU architecture challenges faced during scaling. It details how global lock contention in the Linux kernel caused performance bottlenecks while handling container mounts and highlights the differences between their old and new runtime systems. Solutions aimed at reducing mount operations were implemented to enhance performance, emphasizing the interplay between software and hardware optimization for better scalability.