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.