Overlay network performance

Quoting a study:

From our testing we can conclude that Docker bridge networking and even Rancher’s overlay networks do not cause a significant overhead for long running TCP connections. This is relevant to Databases and Caches as they often use long-running connections between their clients and servers with a large throughout requirements. From our testing this workload should not pose problems for Docker or Rancher.

Source:
http://techtraits.com/dockerperf.html