Provisioning spare capacity in GKE Autopilot with placeholder balloon pods

Autopilot is a new mode of operation for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) where compute capacity is dynamically provisioned based on your pod’s requirements. Among other innovations, it essentially functions as a fully automatic cluster autoscaler. Update: GKE now has an official guide for provisioning spare capacity. When you deploy a new pod in this environment,… Continue reading Provisioning spare capacity in GKE Autopilot with placeholder balloon pods