https://theithollow.com/tags/cpu/ Recent content in Cpu on The IT Hollow Hugo en-us Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://theithollow.com/2020/04/20/kubernetes-resource-requests-and-limits/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://theithollow.com/2020/04/20/kubernetes-resource-requests-and-limits/ <p>Containerizing applications and running them on Kubernetes doesn&rsquo;t mean we can forget all about resource utilization. Our thought process may have changed because we can much more easily scale-out our application as demand increases, but many times we need to consider how our containers might fight with each other for resources. Resource Requests and Limits can be used to help stop the &ldquo;noisy neighbor&rdquo; problem in a Kubernetes Cluster.</p> <h2 id="resource-requests-and-limits---the-theory">Resource Requests and Limits - The Theory</h2> <p>Kubernetes uses the concept of a &ldquo;Resource Request&rdquo; and a &ldquo;Resource Limit&rdquo; when defining how many resources a container within a pod should receive. Lets look at each of these topics on their own, starting with resource requests.</p>