Discover how Entain Australia revolutionized their Kubernetes deployment in this insightful conference talk. Explore the journey of a large-scale system with 300 microservices and 3000 pods across multiple clusters and regions. Learn about the transition from connection-level to request-level load balancing, resulting in a tenfold increase in application throughput through the implementation of Linkerd. Gain valuable insights into the impact of Linkerd's load balancing on gRPC calls, the decision-making process for selecting a service mesh, and practical lessons from deploying a service mesh in a production environment. Delve into Entain's microservices journey, addressing growth challenges, service discovery evolution, and the unexpected benefits of their chosen solution. This presentation offers a comprehensive look at how a real-time Kubernetes system can be optimized for maximum performance and efficiency.