Performance Evaluation of Container Orchestration in Edge-Enabled IoT Cloud Environments Using Kubernetes and Service Mesh
Keywords:
IoT, Edge Computing, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Container Orchestration, Performance EvaluationAbstract
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the evolution of edge computing have shifted traditional cloud paradigms toward more distributed and latency-sensitive environments. In this context, container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, combined with service mesh frameworks, have emerged as foundational enablers for managing workloads across edge-enabled cloud infrastructures. This paper evaluates the performance of Kubernetes and service mesh technologies within IoT-edge ecosystems, focusing on resource efficiency, latency optimization, and scalability. Through a review of literature and conceptual analysis, we highlight the benefits and limitations of current orchestration mechanisms, propose performance benchmarks, and provide insights into future research directions.
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