Configuring requests & limits with the HPA at scale, with Alexandre Souza

Alexandre Souza, a senior platform engineer at Getir, shares his expertise in managing large-scale environments and configuring requests, limits, and autoscaling.He explores the challenges of over-provisioning and under-provisioning and discusses strategies for optimizing resource allocation using tools like Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) and Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA).You will learn:How to set appropriate resource requests and limits to balance application performance and cost-efficiency in large-scale Kubernetes environments.Strategies for implementing and configuring Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), including scaling policies and behavior management.The differences between CPU and memory management in Kubernetes and their impact on workload performance.Techniques for leveraging tools like KubeCost and StormForge to automate resource optimization.SponsorThis episode is sponsored by VictoriaMetrics - request a free trial for VictoriaMetrics enterprise today.More infoFind all the links and info for this episode here: https://kube.fm/hpa-at-scale-alexInterested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more.