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Shuffle Shard Load Balancer Proposal

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#14,663 opened on Jan 12, 2021

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Description

Previous discussions: mailing list and PR.

As requested, a google doc to start gathering options. Please feel free to contribute options, fill in pros/cons, or make comments on the doc.

Lattice Shuffle Shard: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/15375 Maglev Shuffle Shard: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/14804 Subset Shuffle Shard: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/14655

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Review the linked google doc and PRs to understand the shuffle shard concept and contribute to the design options.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
networkingdistributed systems
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Needs investigation
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C++networkingdistributed systemsEnvoy
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