Tencent Cloud Middleware

Mar 10, 2022 · Cloud Native

How eBPF Can Replace iptables to Boost Service Mesh Performance

This article explains how replacing the traditional iptables‑based sidecar traffic‑hijacking in Istio with eBPF programs and sockmap can cut CPU usage, increase QPS and lower latency, while detailing the implementation, architecture, and performance results on Kubernetes.