SD-WAN ( software-defined networking in a wide area network) and Kubernetes are two major technological developments of interest for businesses on the journey toward digital transformation. SD-WAN extends the SDN feature programmable network and automation to the WAN networks. And Kubernetes has largely adopted a containerized application orchestrator that has solid API architecture, autoscaling, deep monitoring, and load balancing capabilities for dynamic and distributed infrastructures.
Many companies are using them together, given that business applications are distributed to different data centers and edge cloud locations. Here, different Kubernetes clusters are connected to end-user applications and workloads, and SD-WAN is used to connect all the clusters and end users.
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But there are still gaps in this amalgamated solution. SD-WAN is used mostly on the public internet, which has different performances in different parts of the world. When we deploy microservice-based applications there may be cases where some microservices may have specific latency requirements Continue reading
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