cloud-engineering

Node Pool

Kubernetes Node Pool

Definition

A node pool is a group of Kubernetes worker nodes within a cluster that share the same machine type, OS image, labels, and taints. Node pools enable heterogeneous clusters where GPU nodes for ML workloads coexist with general-purpose nodes for web services.

Separate node pools allow fine-grained scaling, upgrade strategies, and cost optimization using spot instances for fault-tolerant workloads.

Related Terms

Managed Kubernetes

Cluster Autoscaler

EKS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

GKE

Google Kubernetes Engine

← Back to Glossary

Ship secure code faster

Crash Override integrates security into the developer workflow. No context switching, no waiting on reviews.

Talk to a Human See the Product