dougreid

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   by dougreid 9y ago

   Resiliency: Centralized proxies can suffer from shared failure domain issues (especially when large number of configs, etc., are deployed). Performance: Side-loaded proxies tend to perform better, in part because they deal with a subset of
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   by dougreid 9y ago

   Kubernetes supports a microservices architecture through the Service construct and performs rudimentary L4 load balancing and more. But it doesn’t help with higher-level problems, such as L7 metrics, rate limiting and circuit breaking. This
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   by dougreid 9y ago

   Envoy is a big part of the solution, yes. But it isn't the only component. A control plane layer, including an auth component and an adaptable policy enforcement and telemetry collection component, is included as well. More info is ava
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   by dougreid 9y ago

   The initial release for Istio is targeted at kubernetes. However, Istio is designed to be easy to adapt to other environments. With community help, we anticipate extending it to enable services across cloud foundry, VM, and hybrid clouds. W
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   by dougreid 9y ago

   That suggestion is based on the requirements of the underlying bookinfo sample application and is not related to Istio itself. Disclaimer: I work on Istio.
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   by dougreid 9y ago

   Some thoughts: Linkerd is great technology but it is restricted to traffic management only. Istio provides a complete mesh that incorporates authentication and policy enforcement, in addition to traffic management and telemetry. The Istio A