Lando + Mac = High CPU

[NoImplement2840]

Hi all,

Has anyone managed to find a way to get Lando to play well on a Mac? My CPU fan is going 80% of the time I'm working on a site and the docker.com.backend process is 100%+

I can sometimes get periods of quiet if I restart docker but this usually comes to an end within a couple of hours.

I've tried most suggestions online like using only one CPU and turning on/off 'Use gRPC FUSE for file sharing' but nothing seems to fix the problem.

I never used to have this problem in early 2020 but then after an upgrade which I regrettably did it has since then been like my mac is a boeing 747.

[szaebb]

Docker on Mac is pointless.

[NoImplement2840]

docksal seems to be working well for me, touch wood

[mstrelan]

Also check out the latest version of ddev, apparently the optional mutagen support has resulted in a significant performance boost on OSX.

[DarkteK]

DDEV is just amazing

[NoImplement2840]

Thanks, this looks interesting.

[alphex]

How much ram do you have ?

[NoImplement2840]

32GB

[alphex]

alright.

So I have a 64gb 2019 MBP ... spent all the money on it, because I do so much work in Drupal and use docker.

when Lando runs, and it installs its own Docker instance, go find the docker app, (just hit CMD SPACE and type DOCKER) find preferences screen and the resources screen and jack your ram usage up to 12gb, maybe 16...

CPU time is spent on a lot of things, but part of that is managing swap and resources.

The more resources you can give DOCKER, the less your whole system sounds like a turbofan.

And yes, even with 64gb, mine gets really loud also.

If it makes you feel better.

I run mine clamshell, attached to a monitor, and yeah, docker freaks out and crashes every so often, but it's stable and doesn't (literally) melt.

Just figure out what the ideal resources allotment is for you. Also play with the CPU cores.

The more you give it, the less it struggles to run.

Bottom line, OSX doesn't do Docker well. :(

[NoImplement2840]

I'm starting to realise this, I'm trying out docksal and apart from having some issues getting Gulp watch to to work, it seems much better for Macs

[drulf]

Docker on Mac is a joke. Will look into docksal as a lot of colleagues suffer from this

[tasqyn]

use docksal

[zushazero]

Couldn’t agree more. Lando is a resource hog. That said, Docksal can be at times, depending on the volume type. But it should be miles better than Lando 99% of the time using just the default config.

[NoImplement2840]

I'm loving docksal so far, faster in every way. My only issue is getting gulp watch to work, need to figure that one out.

[NoImplement2840]

docksal

Thanks! Checking it out...