debar-tab" class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" href="javascript:void 0;"></a></div><div id="content-container" class="thin-left-border col-sm-9 markdown"><div id="toc" class="toc"></div><div id="doc-content"><h1>Design Goals</h1><p>This page outlines the core principles that guide Istio’s design.</p><p>Istio’s architecture is informed by a few key design goals that are essential to making the system capable of dealing with services at scale and with high performance.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Maximize 