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10 Kubernetes cost optimisation techniques for 2023/2024

These are 10 strategies for reducing Kubernetes costs. We’ve split them into pre-deployment, post-deployment and ongoing cost optimisation techniques to help people at the beginning and middle of their cloud journeys, as well as those who have fully adopted cloud and are just looking for a few extra pointers.

Multi-Cluster Observability Part 3: Practical Tips for Operational Success

This is the final article of a three-part series. To start at the beginning, read Part 1: Benefiting from multi-cluster setups requires familiarity with common variations and Part 2: Exploring the facets of a multi-cluster observability strategy. As companies scale software production, they lean on Kubernetes as a crucial container orchestration platform for managing, deploying and ensuring software availability.

Sematext Kubernetes Monitoring Demo

🚀 Looking for a monitoring solution for your Kubernetes clusters? In this step-by-step guide, we will have Sematext monitoring your cluster in under 3 minutes! 🌐 Whether you're navigating the cloud or managing local deployments, this quick and easy setup unlocks the power of full-stack monitoring, ensuring your system's health is at your fingertips. In this concise tutorial, we will learn how to set up customized alerts to stay ahead of potential issues, effortlessly monitor your infrastructure's performance, and establish centralized logging for your Kubernetes environment. 📊💡

The case for Kubernetes resource limits: predictability vs. efficiency

This blog post by Grafana Labs Senior Software Engineer Milan Plžík was originally published on the Kubernetes.io blog on Nov. 16, 2023. There’s been quite a lot of posts suggesting that not using Kubernetes resource limits might be a fairly useful thing (for example, For the Love of God, Stop Using CPU Limits on Kubernetes or Kubernetes: Make your services faster by removing CPU limits ).

Build Your Own DBaaS with Peter Szczepaniak: Open Source & Customizable - Navigate Europe 23

Join Peter Szczepaniak, a senior product manager at Percona, as he delves into the world of Database as a Service (DBaaS), discussing the crucial differences between public and private DBaaS, and their respective challenges and benefits. This talk offers insights from a product manager's perspective. Learn about scalability, user-friendliness, security, and customization in DBaaS, and get inspired by Civo's journey in implementing their own DBaaS.

Things to Keep in Mind when Building Internal Developer Portal by Port - KubeCon NA 23 - Civo TV

Join Zohar Einy in this Civo TV interview from KubeCon NA 23, where we dive into the best practices for building an internal developer portal. Discover the importance of treating developers as customers, identifying their pain points, and involving them in the development process.

Datadog on Kubernetes Node Management #datadog #kubernetes #observability #infrastructure #shorts

Datadog, the observability platform used by thousands of companies, runs on dozens of self-managed Kubernetes clusters in a multi-#cloud environment, adding up to tens of thousands of nodes, or hundreds of thousands of pods. This infrastructure is used by a wide variety of engineering teams at Datadog, with different feature and capacity needs.