#19 Scaling Container Clusters on AWS: ECS and EKS

Comparing different approaches to manage a container cluster on top of EC2

Don't miss our blog post Scaling Container Clusters on AWS: ECS and EKS, the written version of this podcast episode.

ECS with Cluster Auto Scaling

• ECS task lifecycle, new state PROVISIONING for clusters with capacity provider.
• Check out Deep Dive on Amazon ECS Cluster Auto Scaling when interested in more details.

ECS with DIY Auto Scaling

• Scale out with CloudWatch event SERVICE_TASK_PLACEMENT_FAILURE.
• Scale in based on CloudWatch metrics CPUReservation and MemoryReservation.
• Auto Scaling Lifecycle Hooks
• Container Instance Draining
• Check out our open source project widdix/aws-cf-templates including an implementation of the discussed DIY Auto Scaling for ECS clusters.

EKS with Cluster Autoscaler

• EKS Managed Node Groups
• K8s Cluster Autoscaler
• Specifying a Disruption Budget for your Application

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