Utilize the true power of Virtualization to transform your cloud infrastructure
EMP deploys a pool of AWS bare metal nodes underneath to create an alternate hypervisor & virtualization layer. Using this, EMP creates alternate VMs called Elastic VMs (EVMs) as worker nodes for your EKS clusters.
EMP over-provisions resources to maximize utilization
- Your Kubernetes workloads and configurations stay the same. But underneath the hood, EMP packs more Elastic VMs (EVMs) on top of fewer bare metal servers to achieve resource over-provisioning.
- This eliminates bin-packing overhead and the need to tweak your application’s request and limit values for appropriate resource configuration.
EMP auto-rebalances EVMs across the Bare Metal pool
- When the resource usage for the EVMs on a bare metal node starts going up, EMP will “live migrate” some EVMs to another bare metal server in the bare metal pool.
- This is done using real-time metrics and historical usage trend patterns. EMP collects these metrics at frequent intervals, 24/7.
- Zero pod downtime! Your pods stay alive without churn, and the app SLA is not compromised.
Zero pod disruption
EMP uses “Live Migration” technology to ensure movement of EVMs across AWS bare metal nodes without disrupting the pods. This is especially important for large Java-based monolithic applications.
Existing tools don’t solve the fundamental problem of low utilization
| Capability | Platform9 | Karpenter | CloudHealth | Cloudability | CloudZero | Kubecost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimize usage via improved utilization |  |  | | | | |
| Zero pod disruption | | | | | | |
| Eliminate engineering and ops back and forth | | | | | | |
| Optimize usage via bin packing | | | | | | |
| Cost visibility | | | | | | |
| Resource tagging | | | | | | |
| Unit cost allocation | | | | | | |
Achieve over 70% utilization using EMP
EMP’s unique approach works at the virtualization and Bare Metal layers, achieving utilization gains not possible with any other existing tools or technologies.
EMP technical demo
Watch this video for a full demonstration of EMP’s over provisioning, autoscaling, and live migration without pod disruption on AWS bare metal.
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Additional Resources
Run EKS workloads on 50% fewer nodes with Elastic Machine Pool
Understanding Elastic Machine Pool
EKS Cost Optimization Guide – steps to optimize costs with EKS
Kubernetes FinOps: Right-sizing Kubernetes workloads
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- Your current EKS infrastructure footprint, use cases, and workload characteristics.
- Your organization’s Kubernetes efficiency goals.
- Your EKS cluster CPU and memory utilization metrics.
- How EMP can be used in your environment to achieve your desired outcomes, with a deeper dive into technical considerations such as networking, storage, performance, etc.
- See the EMP product in action, including integration with EKS, cost-saving, and utilization dashboards.