Deep dive into the stable trafficDistribution API in Kubernetes 1.35, covering PreferSameNode and PreferSameZone options for reducing latency and cross-zone data transfer costs. Read on CloudKeeper →
Explaining the EKS Provisioned Control Plane option, when it makes sense to use it, and when the standard control plane is enough. Read on CloudKeeper →
How Karpenter handles pod density differently from AWS defaults, and what that means for your cluster capacity planning. Read on CloudKeeper →
Diagnosing the common scenario where EKS pods stay in Pending state even when the VPC has available IP addresses. Covers ENI limits, prefix delegation, and subnet sizing. Read on CloudKeeper →
A case study on reducing EKS costs for a production workload through right-sizing, bin-packing improvements, and spot instance adoption. Read on CloudKeeper →
Walking through a complex EKS upgrade that resolved persistent production stability issues for a customer running critical workloads. Read on CloudKeeper →