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Reducing costs by leveraging GKE Optimizations and GCP Preemptible VMsCategory: Kubernetes, Infrastructure, containerization, automation
In this article we will show an example of how the thought process works when we tackle the resource optimization problem. First, let’s address what is Kubernetes: Kubernetes is the world’s most popular container orchestration tool; it’s an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
During the course of few days, we did exhaustive tests to finally determine that the application was good to go with Preemptible VMs ; therefore, we progressively implemented the new solution in more and more critical environments getting more confident that, in this particular case, there was no undesirable behaviour from the application.
In spite of the fact that not all applications are eligible for implementing Preemptible VMs , this is a great tool to reduce costs when applicable. It is important to point out that GCP Preemptible Instances are in a production-ready state and we have been successfully using them in live production environments.
During the course of few days, we did exhaustive tests to finally determine that the application was good to go with Preemptible VMs ; therefore, we progressively implemented the new solution in more and more critical environments getting more confident that, in this particular case, there was no undesirable behaviour from the application.
In spite of the fact that not all applications are eligible for implementing Preemptible VMs , this is a great tool to reduce costs when applicable. It is important to point out that GCP Preemptible Instances are in a production-ready state and we have been successfully using them in live production environments.
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