Service Mesh Specifications and Why They Matter in Your Deployment

Explore the importance of service mesh specifications in deployment through this 39-minute conference talk by Lee Calcote and Kush Trivedi from Layer5. Delve into the Service Mesh Interface (SMI), Service Mesh Performance Specification (SMPS), and Multi-Vendor Service Mesh Interoperation (Hamlet), understanding their unique features and necessity for interoperability, workload, and performance management between service meshes. Witness practical demonstrations using Meshery, an open-source service mesh management plane, to showcase the value and functionality of each service mesh abstraction and how popular service meshes like Istio, Linkerd, and Consul adhere to these specifications.

Service Mesh Specifications and Why They Matter in Your Deployment - Lee Calcote & Kush Trivedi