The way I see it, Mesos is an API and framework for building and running distributed systems. CoreOS is an API and framework for running them.
-- Tom Arnfeld Developer // DueDil (+44) 7525940046 25 Christopher Street, London, EC2A 2BS On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Jason Giedymin <jason.giedy...@gmail.com> wrote: > The value of coreos that immediately comes to mind since I do much work with > these tools: > - the small foot print, it is a minimal os, meant to run containers. So it > throws everything not needed for that out. > - containers are the launch vehicle, thus deps are in container land. I can > run and test containers with ease, not having to worry about multiple OSes. > - with etcd and fleet, coordinating the launch and modification of both > machines and cluster make it a breeze. Allowing you to do dynamic mesos > scaling up or down. I add nodes at will, across multiple cloud platforms, > ready to launch multitude of containers or just mesos. > - security. There is a defined write strategy. You cannot write willy nilly > to any location. > - all the above further allow auto OS updates, which is supported today on > all platforms that deploy coreos. This means more frequent updates since the > os is minimal, which should increase the security effectiveness when compared > to big box superstore OSes like Redhat or Ubuntu. Some platforms charge quite > a bit for managed updates of this frequency and level of testing. > Coreos allows me to keep apps in a configured container that I trust, tested, > and works time and time again. > > I see coreos as a compliment. > As a fyi I'm available for questions, debugging, and client work in this area. > Hope this helps some, from real world usage. > Sent from my iPad >> On Jan 18, 2015, at 9:16 AM, Victor L <vlyamt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am confused: what's the value of mesos on the top of coreos cluster? Mesos >> provides distributed resource management, fault tolerance, etc., but doesn't >> coreos provides the same things already? >> Thanks
