Kubernetes Autoscaling For The Cloud

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Welcome back New York Kubernetes and Cloud Native community!

We're excited to kick off the new year with a meet-up at Amazon's office focused on Kubernetes autoscaling for the cloud! Join us for food, networking, and talks on two open source autoscaling solutions in the Cloud Native ecosystem: Karpenter and KEDA.

Deploying applications on Kubernetes is fast and easy. But as the requests and number of users increase we need to make sure there are mechanisms in place to guarantee the expected performance. Scaling in Kubernetes is multi-dimensional and there are no specific settings or recommendations that work in every situation. With managed Kubernetes cloud services the control plan scales automatically. Kubernetes Data Plane scaling deals with cloud resources that are required for your cluster and workloads, but they are outside of the Control Plane. Resources including node instances, kubelet, and storage all need to be scaled as your cluster scales. In this Meetup, we’ll focus on Cluster Autoscaling, including guidance for Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler and two tools in the Cloud Native ecosystem, Karpenter and KEDA. Both AWS and Microsoft MVP engineers will explain best practices and share their real-world experience.

Hope to see you there!

AGENDA
6:00 - 6:30 - Social (food provided)
6:30 - 6:40 - Community Announcements
6:40 - 7:20 - Karpenter, by Sanjeev Ganjihal, AWS
7:20 - 7:30 - Break
7:30 - 8:10 - KEDA, by Michael Levan, Independent
8:10 - 8:30 - Wrap-Up & Networking

CODE OF CONDUCT
We follow the CNCF Community Code of Conduct.

SPEAKERS

Sanjeev Ganjihal
Sanjeev Ganjihal is a Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect for Containers at AWS. Sanjeev specializes in Service Mesh, Platform Engineering, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, GitOps, IAC, Autoscaling, Cost Optimization & Observability. He helps customers in modernizing their applications by transitioning to containerized solutions, implementing AWS best practices, and steering their journey through cloud transformation. He is actively spending time on integrating AI with cloud-native solutions, delving into the realms of generative AI, prompt engineering, and harnessing data on Kubernetes. Outside of work he likes playing cricket and spends his time with his family.

Michael Levan
Michael Levan translates technical complexity into practical value. He is a seasoned engineer, consultant, trainer, and content creator in the Kubernetes and Platform Engineering space who spends his time working with startups and enterprises around the globe. Michael is also a Microsoft MVP, 4x published author, podcast host, international public speaker, CNCF Ambassador, and was part of the Kubernetes v1.28 Release Team.

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