Kubernetes cost optimisation - How to actually do it

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Eight practical steps for Kubernetes cost cuts plus concrete tools and demos: KEDA auto-scales a .NET worker from 0 to 10 pods to handle 100 queued orders and then scales down, Helm deploys WordPress in minutes with secrets stored as Kubernetes Secrets, and Linkerd surfaces per-service success rates and latency in dashboards. Recommendations include spot VMs can cut costs up to 90%, mixed-instance node groups, multi-AZ node groups, and vendor automation (cast.ai/Spot.io) to replace manual spreadsheets and reduce human bottlenecks.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:27What will you learn
3. 2:03Who is Annie
4. 3:00Why does cost optimisation matter
5. 4:46Why is it so complex
6. 5:50How cloud pricing works
7. 8:00How to forecast cloud cost
8. 9:03Best practices for cost optimisation
9. 9:38Define your requirements
10. 10:15Choose the right VM instance type
11. 11:05Verify storage transfer limitations
12. 11:32Check if your workload is spot ready
13. 12:20Pick the slightly less popular instances
14. 13:08Bid your price on the spot
15. 13:37Use mixed instances
16. 14:45Use multiple regions
17. 15:33What is holding teams back
18. 16:01What challenges do teams face
19. 18:21What is CNCF
20. 19:20Service Management Plane
21. 21:27Multiple Terminals Demo
22. 21:48Order Queue Length
23. 22:16Order Queue Visibility
24. 23:42Order Queue at 100
25. 25:50Environmental reasons
26. 26:04Cscf projects
27. 27:05Benefits of Helm
28. 27:36Helm principles
29. 27:57Prerequisites
30. 28:32Switching clusters
31. 28:55Switching fast
32. 30:23Install Bitnami
33. 31:23Password
34. 32:38User
35. 32:49Login
36. 33:07CNCF
37. 33:17LinkerD
38. 34:09LinkerN
39. 35:04Light and fast
40. 35:29What is needed
41. 35:52Demo app
42. 36:14Emoji vote
43. 36:41Leaderboard
44. 36:58New Terminal
45. 38:21Global Success Rate
46. 38:43Open Source Projects
47. 38:59Vendors
48. 40:27Recap
49. 40:58Learn more

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