From c537bb51f996111506b84501efa1471340c11866 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Boruszak <104028618+boruszak@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:48:01 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Load Balancer addition (#15583) --- website/content/docs/connect/dataplane/index.mdx | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/website/content/docs/connect/dataplane/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/connect/dataplane/index.mdx index 59395ab27..e2940a437 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/connect/dataplane/index.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/connect/dataplane/index.mdx @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Be aware of the following changes and their impact on your network's performance 1. Consul servers consume additional resources in order to generate xDS resources for Envoy proxies. In our internal load tests, performing at high scale and churn resulted in additional CPU utilization rates under 10% on the control plane. 1. As you deploy more services, the resource usage for dataplanes grows on a linear scale. 1. Envoy reconfigurations are rate limited to prevent excessive configuration changes from generating significant load on the servers. +1. To avoid generating significant load on an individual server, proxy configuration is load balanced proactively. 1. The frequency of the orchestrator's liveness and readiness probes determine how quickly Consul's control plane can become aware of failures. There is no impact on service mesh applications, however, as Envoy proxies have a passive ability to detect endpoint failure and steer traffic to healthy instances. ## Benefits