title: Huge files in Docker containers
body: <p>I need to create a Docker image (and consequently containers from that image) that use large files (containing genomic data, thus reaching ~10GB in size).</p>
  
  <p>How am I supposed to optimize their usage? Am I supposed to include them in the container (such as <code>COPY large_folder large_folder_in_container</code>)? Is there a better way of referencing such files? The point is that it sounds strange to me to push such container (which would be >10GB) in my private repository. I wonder if there is a way of attaching a sort of volume to the container, without packing all those GBs together.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>