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etcd is the quiet component at the heart of every Kubernetes cluster, but it can also be the biggest scaling bottleneck.
In this episode, we unpack why etcd struggles as clusters grow, what hyperscalers did to overcome those limits, and how the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) designs around them using a multi-cluster architecture that keeps control planes stable while platforms scale.
By Sarath Vasirajuetcd is the quiet component at the heart of every Kubernetes cluster, but it can also be the biggest scaling bottleneck.
In this episode, we unpack why etcd struggles as clusters grow, what hyperscalers did to overcome those limits, and how the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) designs around them using a multi-cluster architecture that keeps control planes stable while platforms scale.