Apache Mesos
Program against your datacenter like it’s a single pool of resources.
Overview
Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that abstracts CPU, memory, storage, and other compute resources away from machines (physical or virtual), enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to be easily built and run effectively. It uses a two-level scheduling mechanism, allowing application-specific frameworks to manage job scheduling.
✨ Key Features
- Two-level scheduling architecture
- High scalability (tens of thousands of nodes)
- Fault-tolerant with ZooKeeper
- Can run both containerized and non-containerized workloads
- Proven in production at massive scale (e.g., Twitter, Apple)
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Two-level scheduling provides more flexibility for application frameworks.
- Proven scalability in massive production environments.
- Agnostic to the type of workload being run.
Unique Value: Provides a highly scalable and flexible foundation for building and running diverse distributed systems on a shared pool of resources.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Powering the backend infrastructure for large tech companies like Twitter and Apple (historically)
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- New projects starting today (Kubernetes is the de facto standard)
- Small to medium-sized deployments where the complexity is not justified
🏆 Alternatives
While Kubernetes has a more opinionated, application-centric model, Mesos provides a more general and flexible resource management layer. However, Kubernetes has a much larger ecosystem and has become the industry standard.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Apache Mesos is free and open-source software.
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