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Hakuna Cloud – Stop cloud servers when they are not in use

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Re: Hakuna Cloud – Stop cloud servers when they are not in use

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[Bikeshedding] > Why Hakunacloud? Having #000 headings on blue background while using #fff text without shadows or borders on that same background looks really amateur. And the "read more!" is blue text on a blue background. Barely readable.

I like the colors and find it readable.

Re: Hakuna Cloud – Stop cloud servers when they are not in use

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Efficiency is an area where there can be a lot of cost hiding. We recently saved a lot of money by: - Using the Kubernetes Vertical Pod Autoscaler ( https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/vertica... ) for CPU and memory scaling, and switching to metrics like requests per second and connection count for horizontal scaling - Collecting metrics on container CPU and memory allocation vs utilization - Writin…

> Tuning our VM instance sizes and autoscaler configs Do you run kubernetes in VMs on baremetal?

Yes, we own some datacenters as well as use multiple cloud providers. You are still responsible for running your own worker VMs with a managed Kubernetes anyway.

Re: Hakuna Cloud – Stop cloud servers when they are not in use

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Efficiency is an area where there can be a lot of cost hiding. We recently saved a lot of money by: - Using the Kubernetes Vertical Pod Autoscaler ( https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/vertica... ) for CPU and memory scaling, and switching to metrics like requests per second and connection count for horizontal scaling - Collecting metrics on container CPU and memory allocation vs utilization - Writin…

I am confused by your use of the word cost hiding. Do you mean cost saving?

as in hidden costs- costs that the organization is unaware of because it's wrapped up in r&d/goods delivered on the accounting sheets. Its='s not until you pull in the utilization metrics that it reveals itself as waste.

Re: Hakuna Cloud – Stop cloud servers when they are not in use

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Efficiency is an area where there can be a lot of cost hiding. We recently saved a lot of money by: - Using the Kubernetes Vertical Pod Autoscaler ( https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/vertica... ) for CPU and memory scaling, and switching to metrics like requests per second and connection count for horizontal scaling - Collecting metrics on container CPU and memory allocation vs utilization - Writin…

If you ever open-source your rightsizing scripts, I think a lot of people (including myself) would find that useful. While the vertical pod autoscaler attempts to solve this problem, it's incompatible with horizontal pod autoscalers based on CPU and memory, and thus unusable in a lot of cases. Going with a semi-automated solution might be ideal.

You can just run vpa-recommender without vpa-updater to get VPA recommendations without the autoscaling. That should work for most people.
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