Autoscaling EKS Cluster With Karpenter Using Terraform
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Struggling to pick the right autoscaler for your Kubernetes cluster? Trust me, I get it. With all the options out there, choosing between Cluster Autoscaler, Karpenter, and others can be overwhelming.
Here's the deal - while both Cluster Autoscaler and Karpenter are backed by AWS, I've found Karpenter to be consistently faster at both scaling up and down. Let me show you how to set it up.