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tlrobinson on July 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Kubernetes V1 Released

"X runs on Y" at least implies Y is "lower level" than X.

As I understand it, Mesos is analogous to an operating system kernel for your cluster, while Kubernetes is a CaaS (containers-as-a-service) layer on top.

davidooo on July 21, 2015 | [–]

When Kubernetes runs on Mesos, that's correct.

Kubernetes can also run directly on VMs or physical machines.

SEJeff on July 21, 2015 | [–]

This, this so much. You just nailed it.

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