Beyond Basic Scaling: Advanced Kubernetes Resource Strategies

Trying to set resource requests and limits in Kubernetes is kind of like the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”: Overprovisioning gives developers abundant compute, but it wastes money, energy and other resources. Underprovision and you slow down developers, leaving them frustrated and likely costing you money as it takes longer to ship new products and features.

Improperly configured resources can lead to application instability, poor cluster utilization and performance issues. The platform engineering team’s goal is to get to…