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.NET in a container

What the runtime detects about a cgroup, the GC and thread-pool defaults it derives from that, and the footprint those defaults produce.

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No. 074 Oct 2026Runtime5 min read
A Container Given 1.2 CPUs Tells the Runtime It Has 2
Environment.ProcessorCount is the CPU quota rounded up, never below 1. The thread pool minimum follows it, and Server GC switches itself off at 1.

A Container Given 1.2 CPUs Tells the Runtime It Has 2