This is The Way - A Crash Course on CPU Management Intricacies in Kubernetes

Dive into a comprehensive crash course on CPU management intricacies in Kubernetes. Explore resource management in kubelet, CPU manager policies, and exclusive CPU assignment to pods. Delve into NUMA zones, topology management, and out-of-tree solutions for CPU management. Gain insights into optimizing cluster performance and security through effective CPU management techniques. Learn about use cases for multi-socket node clusters, scientific workloads, and single-socket servers. Understand the current capabilities and limitations of Kubernetes in CPU management, and discover how to contribute to the development of new features. Join the community discussion and working groups to further enhance your knowledge in this critical area of Kubernetes administration.

Intro
Resource Management in Kubelet
CPU Manager Policies
CPU Manager Policy Options (Introduced in v1.22, Beta in v1.23)
Exclusive CPU Assignment to a pod
NUMA Zones: Not for the weak of heart
Along Comes Topology Management...
Going with the Topology Flow
Out of Tree solutions for CPU Management • All rely on turning off all resource management by
Community Discussion
Working Groups