Data Plane
Data Plane
📖 Definition
Data Plane is responsible for actually processing and forwarding business traffic. It executes specific operations such as routing, filtering, rate limiting, encryption/decryption based on configurations issued by the control plane.
🔗 How Higress Uses This
Higress' data plane is built on Envoy proxies, providing ultimate request processing performance and rich plugin extension capabilities.
💡 Examples
- 1 Envoy proxies serve as the data plane in service meshes
- 2 Packet forwarding logic in routers belongs to the data plane
- 3 Higress' Envoy instances are responsible for executing Wasm plugin logic
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❓ FAQ
What is Data Plane?
Data Plane is responsible for actually processing and forwarding business traffic. It executes specific operations such as routing, filtering, rate limiting, encryption/decryption based on configurations issued by the control plane.
How does Higress support Data Plane?
Higress' data plane is built on Envoy proxies, providing ultimate request processing performance and rich plugin extension capabilities.
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