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>"Kubernetes on top of Mesos through DC/OS more closely matches Google’s own architecture; where Kubernetes is a service running within VMs that are managed by Google’s proprietary Borg platform."

My understanding was that Google runs containers in a VM for security. Mesos uses the Docker container executor not a VM. How does this more closely resemble Google's Borg/VM model?

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Mesosphere co-founder here.

You're correct in that GCP runs k8s in VMs, DC/OS doesn't. What's similar is that there's a resource manager underneath - Borg for GCP, Mesos for DC/OS. They serve similar purposes like resource management, isolation, and operating the services on top.

>"What's similar is that there's a resource manager underneath - Borg for GCP, Mesos for DC/OS."

Maybe I don't fully understand DC/OS then. I was under the impression that DC/OS was simply a distro for Mesosphere. But your comment make me think that either my understanding is incorrect or else DC/OS has become something more than a Mesos distro. Could you elaborate? Thanks.

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