Anecdotally, it's very often not bad, (and in fact sometimes "good") to over-provision MAXPROCS. We have used as much as 3 to 6x the number of hyperthreaded cor

Anecdotally, it's very often not bad, (and in fact sometimes "good") to over-provision MAXPROCS. We have used as much as 3 to 6x the number of hyperthreaded cores with good results, depending on the workload. This could insulate you against some container changes.