Technologies/Kubernetes/kubernetes_cpu_requested
KubernetesKubernetesMetric

kubernetes_cpu_requested

The requested cpu cores
Dimensions:None
Available on:DatadogDatadog (1)
Interface Metrics (1)
DatadogDatadog
The requested cpu cores
Dimensions:None
Related Insights (1)
Resource Reservation Preventing Node Utilizationwarning

Kubernetes nodes show low actual resource usage but cannot schedule new pods because resource requests have consumed most allocatable capacity. This causes cluster scaling when actual utilization is low, leading to wasted capacity and unnecessary costs.