Explore Airbnb's journey to heterogeneous Kubernetes clusters in this 35-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Discover the technical and organizational challenges faced when migrating from homogeneous to heterogeneous clusters, aimed at improving cost-efficiency and workload optimization. Learn about the infrastructure changes required, from cluster provisioning to API modifications, and the strategies employed to address customer concerns and build confidence in the new operating model. Gain insights into performance testing, pod topology spread, cluster autoscaler modifications, and scheduling simulations. Understand the benefits of this transition, including future-proofing and cost savings, and explore next steps and existing pull requests in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
What Kind of CPU is it Anyways? Airbnb's Journey to Heterogeneous Clusters