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Nov 18, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why OpenELB Is the Next‑Generation Load Balancer for Bare‑Metal Kubernetes

OpenELB, the CNCF‑sandboxed load‑balancer plugin from KubeSphere, offers BGP and Layer‑2 based traffic distribution, CRD‑driven IP pool management, and seamless integration with Kubernetes, K3s and edge environments, positioning itself as a lightweight, community‑driven alternative to MetalLB for on‑premise deployments.

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Why OpenELB Is the Next‑Generation Load Balancer for Bare‑Metal Kubernetes