Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage microservices

Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by theprop on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @07:57PM (#14414361)

Why does Lyft need 10,000 microservices? They probably have less than 100,000 active cabs at any point in time?

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Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by aniskywalker on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:17PM (#14414469)

They don't have 10,000 microservices, they have

> a production system spanning 10,000+ VMs handling 100+ microservices.

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Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by pscarey on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:01PM (#14414377)

"spanning 10,000+ VMs handling 100+ microservices" ?

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Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by theprop on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:24PM (#14414495)

Sorry...thanks...let me clarify the question, why on earth does Lyft have 10,000 VMs??? They have less than 200,000 rides per day. That's a 1 VM to 20 rides per day ratio.

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Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by curiousDog on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:00PM (#14414835)

I guess they're building with future growth in mind. What if they decide to expand to the rest of North America in the near future and have a sudden spike?

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Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by kondro on Thursday May 25, 2017 @12:10AM (#14415254)

Then you spin up more VMs when you do the expansion.

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Re:Google and IBM announce Istio – easily secure and manage ... by solipsism on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:54PM (#14415008)

They likely do a huge amount of data analytics.

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