Kubernetes Autoscaling
by Datadog · Cloud infrastructure · New York, United States
Automatically rightsizes Kubernetes resources to reduce cloud spend while maintaining performance.
Kubernetes Autoscaling monitors Datadog telemetry signals to generate resource recommendations across Kubernetes workloads and clusters. It automates rightsizing with multidimensional workload scaling and pre-simulated instance type recommendations, reducing cloud spend while maintaining application performance. It is delivered as SaaS and used by platform and infrastructure engineering teams, integrating with Cloud Cost Management and Container Monitoring, with changes deployable in-app or via GitOps.
What Kubernetes Autoscaling does
- Idle resource identification
- Overprovisioning detection
- Automated rightsizing recommendations
- Multidimensional workload scaling
- Pre-simulated instance optimization
- GitOps deployment
- Custom metric-based scaling
- Cost savings tracking
What Kubernetes Autoscaling is used for
- Reducing wasted Kubernetes spend
- Automating node configuration
- Balancing cost and performance
About Datadog
Integrated cloud monitoring, security and observability platform for infrastructure and applications.
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