I updated this language and also added a few of the "features" Ben Mahler mentioned; feedback welcome. http://mesos.apache.org
There is a lot to be desired for in terms of design; patches are welcome! The website source for folks that do not already know is available here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/mesos/site/ with instructions in the svn repo's README file. On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Benjamin Mahler <[email protected]> wrote: > Bump. :) > > I would also like to see the "Features" list updated: > > -Slaves in mesos are fault tolerant as well. (we only say the master is > fault tolerant in the copy). > -Should we highlight Docker support? > -Containerization and Isolation are now flexible and pluggable. > -Resource monitoring. > -We're also aware of ports and disk as resources. > -Authorization support. > -Would be great to call out isolation support (e.g. including namespaces). > -Replicated log as a library? > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Benjamin Hindman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe it's high time to update the our website with some new copy > (what > > we have presently hasn't been updated for a while), and I wanted to reach > > out to you for feedback in the hopes of making some improvements before > > MesosCon (and my talk!). > > > > While I've always felt the most apt description for Mesos was as a > "kernel" > > in order to emphasize the power of the primitives for building new > > distributed systems, in the earliest days I tended on the conservative > side > > with my choice of language as I felt it was easier for folks to grasp > > Mesos. > > > > But I feel like our project is at a level of maturity where that is less > of > > a concern, and my gut is that we should really embrace the kernel > messaging > > in order to leave folks with the right first impressions about the > > technology, especially with respect to what it facilitates today and what > > we hope it will facilitate tomorrow. > > > > I've pasted some new copy below that I'd love feedback on. We haven't > > really done much of a review process for the website in the past, but I > > thought I'd share this more widely in order to get any feedback before > > making any updates. > > > > Looking forward to seeing many of you at MesosCon this week! > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Headline: > > > > Program against your datacenter like it’s a single pool of resources. > > > > Subhead: > > > > Apache Mesos abstracts CPU, memory, storage, and other compute resources > > away from machines (physical or virtual), enabling fault-tolerant and > > elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively. > > > > > > Distributed Systems Kernel > > > > > > Mesos is a distributed systems kernel built using the same principles as > > the Linux kernel, only at a different level of abstraction. The Mesos > > kernel runs on every machine and provides applications (e.g., Hadoop, > > Spark, Kafka, Elastic Search) with API’s for resource management and > > scheduling across entire datacenter and cloud environments. > > >
