Requests and Limits in Kubernetes

From the Kubernetes Essentials cheat sheet · Health and Resources · verified Aug 2026

Reserve scheduler capacity and cap container use.

yaml

resources:
  requests: {cpu: 100m, memory: 128Mi}
  limits: {cpu: 500m, memory: 256Mi}

📌 The scheduler uses requests for placement

🔍 Memory limit breaches can cause OOMKilled

⚠️ CPU limits throttle rather than terminate

🎯 Measure workloads before tuning values

resourcesrequestslimits

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