Elasticsearch vs. OpenSearch vs. Loki vs. Quickwit vs. ClickHouse: Long-Term Log Archiving for 7+ Years
Five-way log archiving comparison: Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Loki, Quickwit, ClickHouse — tiering, compression, query languages, SaaS options. Part 1 of 5.
Istio vs. Linkerd: Service Mesh on Kubernetes
Comparing Istio 1.29 (sidecar mode) and Linkerd 2.19: data plane, mTLS, egress, resource overhead, observability, and when to use each.
NFS to Object Store Sync with rclone and systemd
Learn how to sync an NFS share to Azure Blob Storage or S3 with rclone. Production hardening, monitoring, and benchmark strategy for large file trees.
vigil-log-relay: Kubernetes Log Collection Without a DaemonSet
vigil-log-relay streams logs from Kubernetes pods, HTTP endpoints, or Unix sockets and forwards them as ndjson to any TCP-capable log collector. No DaemonSet, no node-level access, no filesystem mounts — just a single binary with a namespace-scoped ServiceAccount.
Istio vs. Envoy Gateway: Gateway API on Kubernetes
Comparing Istio and Envoy Gateway as Gateway API implementations: mTLS, egress, Cilium, managed cloud specifics (AKS, GKE, OVH MKS), and real client IP.