Watch Simon Bein's talk
kcp has become a powerful solution for multi-tenant control planes. Abstraction is only half the battle, though, and the most common question from previous talks has been: “How does it actually scale?” In this session, Simon Bein shares results from the kcp project’s latest load-testing efforts on 10,000 logical clusters and derives best practices for scaling a kcp instance. The talk examines the internals of the kube-apiserver and shows how it behaves under the pressure of massive multi-tenancy. Whether you already run kcp or are simply curious about the apiserver’s limits, this session provides a blueprint for managing control planes at high scale.
Key Takeaways
- Real Load-Testing Data: What the kcp project learned from testing at 10,000 logical clusters.
- Inside the Kube-Apiserver: How the apiserver behaves under massive multi-tenancy and where its limits appear.
- Scaling Best Practices: Practical guidance for sizing, tuning, and operating a kcp instance at scale.
