Kubernetes: Monitoring, Reducing, and Optimizing Your Costs

Written by ikordii | Published 2020/11/13
Tech Story Tags: cloud-native | kubernetes | optimization | kubecost | kubernetes-cost-savings | kubernetes-cost-monitoring | kubernetes-reduce-cost | kubernetes-cost-analysis

TLDR Magalix's Kubernetes cluster utilization was very low, so we started a cost-saving practice to increase cluster utilization. We were able to cut our monthly bill by more than 50%. We used the top five techniques we used to better utilize our clusters on the cloud and eliminate wasted resources, thus saving money. These techniques include Applying Workload Right-Sizing, Choosing The Right Worker Nodes and Autoscaling Workloads. GCP and AWS offer various node types that you can choose from. Each cluster has its own special workload utilization.via the TL;DR App

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Published by HackerNoon on 2020/11/13