intermediateScaling: HPA, VPA & Cluster Autoscaler
Why does HPA require resource requests for percentage-based CPU scaling?
Utilization percentage is calculated relative to the Pod's requested resource value as a baseline denominator. Without a request, the percentage calculation has no basis.
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