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k8s allows for more complete utilization of nodes, and scaling out smaller cheaper nodes instead of scaling up bigger more expensive ones
by nrb 8y ago
k8s allows for more complete utilization of nodes, and scaling out smaller cheaper nodes instead of scaling up bigger more expensive ones
- lazyant 8y agoDo you have any link handy to elaborate on this? Because when I create a K8s cluster I define their size and number (and autoscale, same as with AWS autoscale), I don’t know how k8s can spin up smaller nodes in a different way than say, AWS
- dankohn1 8y agoI'm not the original poster, but I think they were suggesting that K8s supports better bin packing than you get with virtual machines, so you can run the same applications on fewer (or smaller) servers. In terms of the cutting edge of bringing "declarative, Kubernetes-style APIs to cluster creation, configuration, and management" see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
- scarface74 8y agoThere is a lot more to AWS than just EC2.