SCHEDULE:

[18:00] Doors Open

[18:20 - 18:30] Intro and welcome

[18:30 - 18:45] Talk by Bertram Hass

Title: Node Scaling Optimization

Abstract: Managing Kubernetes clusters at scale is no easy task! When it comes to efficiently autoscaling nodes, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for every application use case. The challenge lies in implementing centralized best practices, such as bin-packing and workload right-sizing while giving developers the flexibility to tailor the solution to their needs. This talk shares our platform team's journey from using a cluster autoscaler with static instance types to node scaling with dynamic instance sizes at scale. Along the way, we optimized costs and realized that reliability best practices, like Pod Disruption Budgets, Topology Spread Constraints, and resource rightsizing are more than just nice-to-have.

[18:45 - 19:00] Talk by Kim-Norman Sahm

Title: Optimizing Kubernetes

Abstract: Kubernetes is easy, isn't it? Creating Kubernetes cluster in public cloud take a few minutes, deploying an application it's like same. but how can we make sure that our cluster scales in an efficient way? Let see what Kubernetes and the ecosystem can do you us.

[19:00 - 19:45] Break - time to network! :)

[19:45 - 20:15] Talk by Dotan Horovits 

Title: OpenSearch: The Open Source Path to Search and Observability

Abstract: OpenSearch has become a cornerstone of open source search and observability, empowering developers and organizations to derive meaningful insights from unstructured data at scale. This year marks a significant milestone in its journey, with OpenSearch officially joining The Linux Foundation, further cementing its position in the open source ecosystem.

In this session we’ll introduce OpenSearch, from indexing and analyzing unstructured logs to full observability capabilities across tracing, monitoring and security. We’ll share latest improvements in query performance and scalability, and real-time analytics, as well as its expanding ecosystem with new plugins and SDKs in multiple programming languages, and its compatibility with cloud-native environments.

[20:15 - 21:30] More time to network with peers and colleagues from the industry at a relaxed pace

About us:

We are a group for people interested in discussions around working with, running and developing Kubernetes and other cloud native technologies. We’re excited about container infrastructure, distributed systems and learning more about managing and extending them as such.

This meetup has been held bi-monthly since it was relaunched as Kubernetes & Cloud Native Berlin Meetup back in 2023. See the meetup page here for all the meetups hosted so far: https://www.meetup.com/berlin-kubernetes-meetup/ 

Any skill level is welcome; we want to create an open, welcoming environment for all at every stage of their cloud-native journey.

Reach out if you want to be involved…

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