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Bind mounts rely on host FS performance; volumes use optimized drivers.
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Bind mounts bypass Docker's storage driver and go through the host filesystem directly. On Linux, this is generally fast. But crossing the VM boundary on Docker Desktop (Mac/Windows) — host filesystem → VM → container — adds significant I/O overhead. For heavy I/O workloads on Mac/Windows, volumes inside the VM are much faster.
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