This is great if you're "all in" on Mesos. However the advantages to a truly independent service discovery system (such as Consul etc.) are that it: * Doesn't

This is great if you're "all in" on Mesos. However the advantages to a truly independent service discovery system (such as Consul etc.) are that it: * Doesn't tie you to Mesos, as it can move to another "datacenter OS" along with your software. * Allows you to mix software-on-Mesos with software that's not.