
Disruption, Drift, and Consolidation — Karpenter's Node Lifecycle
How Karpenter automatically replaces drifted nodes, consolidates underutilized capacity, and respects disruption budgets to keep clusters lean and current.
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How Karpenter automatically replaces drifted nodes, consolidates underutilized capacity, and respects disruption budgets to keep clusters lean and current.

Spot-to-Spot consolidation, instance diversification, right-sizing pod requests, and the real-world strategies that cut Kubernetes compute costs by 20-40%.