Kubernetes Pod Scheduling: nodeSelector and Node Affinity
Start with nodeSelector for simple node targeting, then upgrade to node affinity for expressive matching that nodeSelector cannot handle.
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Start with nodeSelector for simple node targeting, then upgrade to node affinity for expressive matching that nodeSelector cannot handle.
Use LimitRange to set per-pod resource defaults and ResourceQuota to cap total namespace consumption.
See how Kubernetes determines BestEffort, Burstable, and Guaranteed classes from resource configuration - and which pods get evicted first under pressure.
See how CPU and memory requests influence where pods land - and what happens when no node can fit them.