
StormForge Optimize Live and Karpenter together enable organizations to continuously right-size Kubernetes workloads and infrastructure on AWS, dramatically reducing cloud costs while maintaining performance standards.


<div><p>This article demonstrates how to optimize Kubernetes costs on AWS by combining Karpenter and StormForge Optimize Live for automated resource right-sizing and infrastructure consolidation.</p><ul><li>Karpenter provisions nodes based on pod resource requests and terminates unused nodes</li><li>StormForge Optimize Live uses ML to analyze metrics and recommend CPU/memory optimizations</li><li>Traditional autoscaling (HPA, VPA, CA) can cause resource contention and suboptimal decisions</li><li>StormForge operator runs in cluster; ML analysis happens in hosted SaaS backend</li><li>Step-by-step walkthrough shows cost reduction from initial deployment through optimization</li><li>Enabling Karpenter consolidation further reduces costs by consolidating optimized pods</li><li>Sample application cost reduced to $376.68/month after all optimizations applied</li></ul><p>Using Karpenter and StormForge together automates Kubernetes cost optimization, reducing overprovisioning and improving resource utilization without manual intervention.</p></div>


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