Chainguard Inc. has introduced multilayer container images with intelligent rebuilds to enhance container efficiency and accelerate pull times.
The new multilayer approach divides container images into intelligent layers, allowing for faster downloads and less redundant data transfer during updates.
Chainguard's engineering team developed a 'per-origin' strategy to split images into layers, resulting in a 70% reduction in unique layer data size and a significant decrease in bytes transferred during pulls of updated images.
The company claims that the new multilayer images will provide faster pull times, increased bandwidth, and storage efficiency for developers, without altering their workflows.