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Kubernetes Capacity Planning
By Platform9
Capacity planning is a critical step in successfully building and deploying a stable and cost-effective infrastructure. The need for proper resource planning is amplified within a Kubernetes cluster, as it... Read More
7 Simple Kubernetes Performance Optimization Tips
By Platform9
Kubernetes is a complex tool. As is the case with most complex tools, getting optimal performance out of Kubernetes can be tricky. Most Kubernetes distributions don’t come fine-tuned to maximize... Read More
Announcing new Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) plans that start at zero cost and scale as customers grow
By Kamesh Pemmaraju
Since we launched our enterprise Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) three years ago, we learned a lot about real-world Kubernetes deployments. Large enterprise customers like Juniper have battle-tested our enterprise PMK... Read More
Building Helm Charts for Kubernetes Management
By Platform9
Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration system, is used extensively in DevOps. However, it can become very complex: you have to handle all of the objects (ConfigMaps, pods, etc.), and you... Read More
Kata Containers, Docker and Kubernetes: How They All Fit Together
By Platform9
By now, virtually everyone has heard of Docker containers. But you may still be unfamiliar with Kata, an open-source container project launched in December of 2017. Kata emerged at a... Read More
Kubernetes infrastructure cost optimization
By Platform9
Kubernetes costs can vary considerably in the enterprise. Depending on whether you decide to host your clusters on the public cloud services – such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Azure... Read More
10 Kubernetes Performance tips
By Platform9
Kubernetes is a scalable and performant engine that orchestrates containers in a server environment. It is highly optimized by default, and it scales nicely in a suitable infrastructure. It is... Read More
Kubernetes Logging: Comparing Fluentd vs. Logstash
By Platform9
Logging is an important part of the observability and operations requirements for any large-scale, distributed system. With Kubernetes being such a system, and with the growth of microservices applications, logging... Read More
Kubernetes Federation: What it is and how to set it up
By Platform9
There are several SaaS and open-source solutions that have the capability to manage multiple, disparate Kubernetes clusters – regardless of the specific distribution or what hosted offering is in play... Read More