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So like a DNS SRV record with multiple entries. Or Anycast, if you're being fancy

• remram 3y ago
  Or IPVS... wait that's built into Kubernetes, it's kube-proxy.
  • packetlost 3y ago
    Right? Like, I really don't understand the problem that service mesh solves that isn't already solved by more standardized technologies
  • kircr 3y ago
    kube-proxy operates at L3/L4 while service meshes generally operate at L7 so it can load balance on a per HTTP request basis. Particularly useful for long lived connections commonly used in gRPC and others.