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# containerd
containerd is built to be a high performance container runtime able to support containers, processes, images, and networking primitives for supporting high level platforms.
Some of the design considerations for containerd are as follows:
* High performance
* Light on resources
* Expose internal metrics
* Comprised of multiple loosely coupled components
* Able to be upgraded without impact to running containers
* Restore from crashes
## Design
Below is the high level design of the daemon and its components: