Is Swarm for Me?
With so much focus and attention in the market around Kubernetes, you may be asking yourself, “Is Swarm right for me?” In fact, if you are just starting out on your Cloud Native journey, or you only have a small number of containers to deploy, then Swarm may be an excellent choice for your initial deployments. Of course, if you are coming from an existing Docker-based environment, then Swarm will be a natural choice for your use.
Who Should use Swarm?
Developer-led organizations
Organizations with small operations teams
Teams that are newer to container orchestration
Teams that need a quick way to deploy production-ready clusters at scale, but do not need the extensions and customizations only available in Kubernetes
Benefits of Swarm
Swarm is less complex than Kubernetes, making it easier to learn and deploy
It’s secure by default
It includes automated load balancing
It works with the Docker CLI, so there’s no need to learn another CLI if you’re coming from a Docker environment
Disadvantages of Swarm
It’s tied to the Docker API, limiting functionality to that of Docker
It’s not as extensible and modular as Kubernetes
Fortunately, with Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, you’re not locked into a choice one way or another; you can always move from Swarm to Kubernetes and back, even after your cluster is deployed.
Is Swarm for Me?
With so much focus and attention in the market around Kubernetes, you may be asking yourself, “Is Swarm right for me?” In fact, if you are just starting out on your Cloud Native journey, or you only have a small number of containers to deploy, then Swarm may be an excellent choice for your initial deployments. Of course, if you are coming from an existing Docker-based environment, then Swarm will be a natural choice for your use.
Who Should use Swarm?
Developer-led organizations
Organizations with small operations teams
Teams that are newer to container orchestration
Teams that need a quick way to deploy production-ready clusters at scale, but do not need the extensions and customizations only available in Kubernetes
Benefits of Swarm
Swarm is less complex than Kubernetes, making it easier to learn and deploy
It’s secure by default
It includes automated load balancing
It works with the Docker CLI, so there’s no need to learn another CLI if you’re coming from a Docker environment
Disadvantages of Swarm
It’s tied to the Docker API, limiting functionality to that of Docker
It’s not as extensible and modular as Kubernetes
Fortunately, with Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, you’re not locked into a choice one way or another; you can always move from Swarm to Kubernetes and back, even after your cluster is deployed.
