title: What are the advantages of using Apache Mesos (or DC/OS) over Rocks Cluster Distribution?
body: <p>Apache Mesos and Rocks Cluster Distribution can both be used to run tasks and manage cluster resources.</p>
  
  <p>What is the difference between them and in what scenarios is it better to choose one instead of the other. </p>
  
  <p>From what I understand the similarities are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Both are used to manage resources in a cluster</li>
  <li>Both can be installed on RHEL/CentOS</li>
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  </ul>
  
  <p>And likewise the differences are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Apache Mesos also supports Ubuntu installations</li>
  <li>Apache Mesos requires for managed tasks to be run in containers</li>
  <li>Apache Mesos allows (although not encourages) to run tasks outside of the framework whilst the framework is installed</li>
  <li>Rocks Cluster Distribution treats the cluster as one machine (it is not obvious to the user that tasks are being run on the cluster).</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Why would someone use Apache Mesos over Rocks Cluster Distribution?</p>