Re:Ask HN: If Kubernetes is the solution, why are there so m...
by singron on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @09:48PM
(#31590382)
Google's Borg clusters don't have wildly larger sizes than that despite having more years of development and a lot of motivation at that scale. They instead have a lot of clusters and transparent inter-cluster network topologies (i.e. you can choose clusters with very high bandwidths to each other).
The fundamental design just isn't infinitely scalable, and at a certain point, you might rather have some bulkheads/autonomy or regional diversity.
The fundamental design just isn't infinitely scalable, and at a certain point, you might rather have some bulkheads/autonomy or regional diversity.