Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

In this episode, Itiel has an insightful conversation with Dr. David Morrison, a research scientist and founder specializing in Kubernetes scheduling and autoscaling. David shares his journey from operations research to leading distributed systems efforts at tech giants like Yelp and Airbnb. Learn about the transition from Apache Mesos to Kubernetes at Yelp, including the role of their open-source API layer, Pasta.

As organizations expand their Kubernetes deployments and scale production workloads, effective cost management becomes an essential priority. The rapid innovation demanded from development teams often intersects with a shortage of advanced Kubernetes expertise, leading to resource inefficiencies and unnecessary expenses. This challenge is further amplified by the growing prevalence of AI/ML workloads and the intricate demands of GPU utilization.

Join Itiel as he chats with Gianluca Mardente, a Principal Engineer at Cisco Systems. Gianluca shares his path to tech and Kubernetes, including his work history and the inspiration behind his open-source project, Sveltos. They dive into the significant challenges of managing a large fleet of Kubernetes clusters – ensuring consistency, handling upgrades, and coordinating resources across different clusters.