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Borg is the name of the backend service that runs a lot of Google software - https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text=Google's%20Borg%20syst
by ddlutz 5y ago
Borg is the name of the backend service that runs a lot of Google software - https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text=Google's%20Borg%20system%20is%20a,tens%20of%20thousands%20of%20machines https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43438.html?hl=es#:~:text....
- shadowgovt 5y agoThat's the nod-and-wink joke about the name Kubernetes. While it's a "controller" (hence the name) its design was inspired by borg. ... Kubernetes, or "kube" for short. ;)
- bqmjjx0kac 5y agoCan you also explain the "rnetes" part? And why is it spelled with a K?
- shagmin 5y agoKubernetes is a Greek word meaning helmsman.
- Uehreka 5y ago> Kubernetes (κυβερνήτης, Greek for "helmsman" or "pilot" or "governor", and the etymological root of cybernetics) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes?wprov=sfti1 (The Borg have cybernetic enhancements, I’m guessing that’s the link)
- weikju 5y agoAlso the Borg ships were called cubes (they were huge cubes)