Technologies/Kubernetes/kubernetes_cpu_capacity
KubernetesKubernetesMetric

kubernetes_cpu_capacity

The number of cores in this machine
Dimensions:None
Available on:DatadogDatadog (1)
Interface Metrics (1)
DatadogDatadog
The number of cores in this machine
Dimensions:None
Related Insights (1)
CPU Throttling Despite Low Node Utilizationwarning

Containers experience CPU throttling (slow performance) even when node-level CPU utilization appears moderate, caused by CPU limits being set too low relative to actual burst requirements. This manifests as increased latency during traffic spikes despite available CPU capacity on the node.