i thought coreos was an operating system and not an API On 18 January 2015 at 18:43, Tom Arnfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> > >
