Efficient autoscaling in OpenShift with Priority and LeastWaste expanders

15 · Red Hat · Oct. 17, 2024, 7:36 a.m.
Summary
Red Hat OpenShift users need efficient resource management of their applications to avoid overprovisioning and underprovisioning of resources which leads to unnecessary costs. In OpenShift 4.16 we introduced two expanders to autoscaler: the LeastWaste expander and the Priority expander. These expanders give users more control over how the cluster scales with autoscaler. In this article, we briefly cover these expanders and their utility.What is Cluster Autoscaler?OpenShift uses Cluster Autoscale...