Analysis of Istio Service Mesh

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Istio is a leading service mesh solution with a proven track record of successful use cases in production. The Istio community is prolific, dynamic, and continues to introduce new features very frequently. Istio is possibly the most feature-rich solution on the market and has a mature ecosystem of tools and vendors. By Kamesh Chauhan.

The article pays attention to:

  • Service mesh comparison
  • Istio architecture
  • Heart of Istio – Envoy (sidecar)
  • Istio features
    • Intelligent routing and load balancing
    • Resilience across languages and platforms
    • Service identity and security
    • In-depth telemetry and reporting
  • Enable Istio in the Mesh

Comparing service mesh to existing systems identifies the clear benefits of new designs. It describes new applications of existing architectures, and highlights effective new configurations to evolve future development and productivity. Nice one!

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