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Reduce cloud cost and increase reliability via accurate resource recommendations
There are two simple numbers in Kubernetes that control your utilization, cost, and reliability. These are, of course, your requests and limits. But where do these numbers come from? We will demo open-source tooling for safely and accurately allocating resources. You will learn best practices for setting requests and limits on your own applications.
Talk abstract
Setting CPU and memory allocations on Kubernetes is a science, not an art. Unfortunately, open-source tooling has been historically lacking, causing engineers to fall back to haphazard guesses and heuristics, rather than precise measurements. Not anymore.
In this talk you will learn:
- Where traditional tooling like the Kubernetes Vertical Pod Autoscaler falls shortÂ
- How to determine requests and limits using the next generation of tools
- How to monitor and maintain your resource allocation over time.
By the end of this talk, you will have the confidence to scan your own clusters and take action. You will be ready to optimize utilization, cost, and reliability in your own environments.
