2025-03-30 –, The Nash
Cloud technology offers rapid resource adjustment, but implementing this in Kubernetes can be complex. As the go-to cloud OS, Kubernetes offers multiple scaling options, leaving many perplexed about how to choose and configure them.
In this talk, Nic will introduce key auto-scaling technologies like Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA), Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), and Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling (KEDA), showing their approaches to scaling. He will then demonstrate configuring different components—stateless containers, databases, and serverless functions—for auto-scaling.
Finally, Nic will explain how to measure auto-scaling effectiveness using metrics like throughput and latency. Attendees will leave with practical insights on using Kubernetes auto-scaling to optimize costs and maintain high performance in cloud applications.
This talk will provide concrete benefits to the Kubernetes ecosystem by demystifying auto-scaling and making it more accessible to everyone. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA), and Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaler (KEDA), along with practical insights on when and how to use each.
By sharing best practices and real-world examples, this session will help reduce the trial-and-error approach often faced by teams new to Kubernetes auto-scaling.
Nic is an experienced hands-on technologist, evangelist and product owner who has been working in the fields of Cloud-Native technologies, Open Source Software, Virtualization and Datacenter networking for the past 18 years.
Passionate about enabling users and building cool tech solving real-life problems, you'll often see him speaking at global tech conferences and online events, spreading the word and walking the walk with customers and users.