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Kubernetes for Generative AI Solutions
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Kubernetes for Generative AI Solutions

by Ashok Srirama, Sukirti Gupta
June 2025
Intermediate to advanced
338 pages
9h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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Scaling GenAI Applications on Kubernetes

In this chapter, we will cover application scaling strategies and best practices for Kubernetes. Application scaling is a process where K8s can dynamically scale the resources to match the application demand, ensuring efficient and cost-effective resource utilization and optimal application performance. Kubernetes provides different scaling mechanisms to scale applications based on metrics such as CPU usage, memory, or custom metrics.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Scaling metrics
  • HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA)
  • VerticalPodAutoscaler (VPA)
  • Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaler (KEDA)
  • Cluster Autoscaler (CA)
  • Karpenter

Scaling metrics

To scale applications correctly, it ...

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