Companies overspend on Kubernetes thanks to underutilization of resources

Kubernetes is one of the most widely used container tools, but failure to accurately forecast resources leads to overprovision, waste and overspending. A new report from Kubernetes automation platform CAST AI reveals high levels of underutilization are costing businesses more than necessary. The analysis finds that for clusters containing 50 or more CPUs, organizations only utilize 13 percent of provisioned CPUs, and just 20 percent of memory, on average. The findings are based on CAST AI's analysis of 4,000 clusters running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure (Azure) between January 1st and December 31st,… [Continue Reading]