Pay Less for More: A Practitioner's Playbook for Kubern... Malgorzata Widelicka & Lukasz Ogrodowczyk

This talk, presented by Malgorzata Widelicka and Lukasz Ogrodowczyk from Roche, addresses the challenge of managing cost-effective Kubernetes clusters amid unpredictable workloads. It provides a practical guide to mastering autoscaling and cost management while ensuring stability. The speakers discuss leveraging Karpenter for on-the-fly provisioning of diverse node types, significantly improving provisioning times. They also highlight the importance of observability in monitoring dynamic resources, isolating critical jobs, and exploring the trade-off between stability and cost-efficiency, along with scaling to zero using KEDA for event-driven applications. The session concludes with key FinOps and DORA metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of autoscaling strategies.