One of my former colleagues wrote this on how Uber approached the same CPU-quota throttling problem, but with dedicated CPUs as the solution: https://www.uber.c

One of my former colleagues wrote this on how Uber approached the same CPU-quota throttling problem, but with dedicated CPUs as the solution: https://www.uber.com/dk/en/blog/avoiding-cpu-throttling-in-a-containerized-environment/ https://www.uber.com/dk/en/blog/avoiding-cpu-throttling-in-a... Essentially, they avoided CFS quota throttling by assigning exclusive CPU cores via cpusets. That sacrifices some burstability and packing efficiency in exchange for stronger, more predictable CPU isolation.