But What About Reliability? - The Multi-Million Dollar Kubernetes Cost Optimization Question

Learn 9 battle-tested Kubernetes-native strategies to dramatically improve resource utilization from 9% to 50% while simultaneously enhancing reliability in this conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Discover how to overcome the common "but what about reliability?" objection that prevents cost optimization initiatives, as speakers Zain Malik from Exostellar and Nibir Bora from Clean Compute share practical implementations that transformed skeptical directors into optimization champions. Explore specific techniques including workload limits tuning, pod density optimization, API server pressure management, and reliable spot node implementation. Master how to selectively adopt and combine these strategies using open-source CNCF tools to build a multi-dimensional cost optimization blueprint tailored to your platform's unique challenges. Understand why the most expensive infrastructure cost isn't compute resources, but rather the fear that prevents organizations from optimizing their Kubernetes deployments effectively.