Case studies on anti-patterns and solutions
In this section, we’ll cover a few use cases to understand the problem and possible solutions and lessons we can learn from it.
Use case 1 – a fintech startup overcomes over-provisioning resources through strategic solutions
Background:
A burgeoning startup in the fintech sector sought to carve out its niche by offering cutting-edge payment processing services. In its quest to ensure high availability and fault tolerance, the startup aggressively over-provisioned resources within its Kubernetes clusters. This approach led to a significant surge in operational costs, which began to erode the company’s capital reserves and impede its ability to invest in other critical areas, such as research and development and customer acquisition.
Problem statement:
As the user base grew, the workload demands became more unpredictable, and the startup found that its static resource allocation strategy was neither sustainable...
