<p>Trying Ignite with Kubertenes deployment options. </p>

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<li>Is it zone-aware? Cannot find any docs &amp; configuration about this.</li>
<li>Can I connect the Kubernetes cluster via an external client? I'd like to connect via <a href="https://apacheignite-net.readme.io" rel="nofollow noreferrer">C# client</a>.</li>
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<p>Thank you!</p>

Judith
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<li>Broadly speaking, Ignite assumes all your nodes are close to one another. You could make it aware of multiple zones by using custom affinity functions, but it's not straight-forward. There are also third-party solutions (I work for GridGain who provide one) that support data centre replication, etc. that would work in this situation</li>
<li>Yes. I would suggest that thick clients should be part of your Kubernetes infrastructure (since they become part of the Ignite cluster topology), but you can connect a thin client just by opening the right ports. You can use Kubernetes load balancing / round robin to connect to any node</li>
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