Explain Openshift resource manifest

[Chetan_Tiwary_]

Explain this openshift resource manifest

apiVersion: autoscaling/v2beta2
kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
metadata:
  name: hpa-resource-metrics-memory
  namespace: default
spec:
...
  minReplicas: 20
...
  behavior:
    scaleDown:
      stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
      policies:
      - type: Pods
        value: 4
        periodSeconds: 30
      - type: Percent
        value: 10
        periodSeconds: 60
      selectPolicy: Max
    scaleUp:
      selectPolicy: Disabled

[Kent-Kamau]

The provided resource manifest is for a HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) which automatically scales the number of pods in a deployment or replica set based on observed resource usage or other metrics.

This HorizontalPodAutoscaler is set to:

1. Minimum Replicas: Always maintain at least 20 pods.
2. Scale Down Behavior: After scaling down, wait for 5 minutes before considering another scale-down event.
3. Limit scale-down actions to a maximum of 4 pods within 30 seconds or 10% of the total pods within 60 seconds, whichever is greater.
4. The Max scaling policy ensures that the largest scale-down value will be applied.
5. Scale Up Behavior: Scaling up is disabled for this HPA, meaning no new pods will be added even if resource usage increases.

[juicylemon]

This configuration helps manage the number of replicas in response to changing workload demands while preventing rapid scaling oscillations.
Minimum 20 replicas running, scalling down is gradually with 10% cut down every minute or 4 pods every 30 seconds, which ever is bigger.
Scaling up targeting utilization without specific policy. 

[mcapileibm]

HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) in OpenShift manages pod scaling based on % resource usage.
ensures at least 20 pods are always running (minReplicas: 20).
Scaling down : It can remove up to 4 pods every 30 seconds or 10% of pods every 60 seconds.
Scaling up is disabled, meaning new pods won’t be added automatically.

[walid-cnj]

Is that an old manifest?   The latest stable version of the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) API is:  apiVersion: autoscaling/v2 was introduced in Kubernetes 1.23 and became stable (GA) in Kubernetes 1.26.

Other than what others already said, I present my concerns, what is not there instead of what is there!!

Some Concerns:
1- With scaling up disabled, the system can't automatically handle increased load
   scaleUp:  selectPolicy: Disabled

2- The minimum of 20 replicas might be resource-intensive if not needed, haven't seen it in my 6+ years of K8s operations?!

3- The 5-minute stabilization window might be too long for most workloads

4- Having two scale-down policies introduces confusion as well might lead to aggressive scaling in some scenarios

Thoughts:

Update to the right/latest API version for HPA.

Doesn't want automatic scaling up (possibly handled by other mechanisms?!)
Needs careful, controlled scaling down?!
Requires high availability (minimum 20 pods)?!