4 Specify CPU and Memory Requests and Limits

This chapter discusses the importance of specifying CPU and memory requests and limits for TimesTen Classic and TimesTenScaleout objects. It also provides an understanding of Linux cgroups and gives background information about the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer.

Topics:

• About Resource Requests and Limits

• About TimesTen Containerized Deployments

• About Specifying Requests and Limits for TimesTen Containers

• Approach 1: Use Specific Datum for Requests and Limits

• Approach 2: Use Templates for Requests and Limits

• About Specifying Requests and Limits to Kubernetes

• About Verifying databaseMemorySize

• About Runtime Memory Monitoring