"Right-sizing" Kubernetes Instances

[aoifefitton]

Describe the pattern you'd like to propose
(Similar to Matching Utilization Requirements of VMs)

Right-size Kubernetes Clusters/Instances by altering the quantity of resources (e.g. memory) allocated to each Cluster/Instance to match its operation requirements.

Describe specific emission impact from this pattern
Regarding SCI = ((E *I) * M) per R, both E and M will decline were oversized running Clusters accurately sized.

References to this pattern
Blog from Vmware solutions: "Performance Best Practices for Kubernetes with VMware Tanzu" https://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2021/04/performance-best-practices-for-kubernetes-with-vmware-tanzu.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=performance-best-practices-for-kubernetes-with-vmware-tanzu

Other article ref: https://www.containiq.com/post/setting-and-rightsizing-kubernetes-resource-limits

Additional context
Oversized containers - hoard extra resources that could be available to other productive workloads.