Does Kubernetes Really Perform Better on Bare Metal vs. VMs?
A detailed comparison of CPU, RAM, storage and network performance between Kubernetes clusters on virtual machines and bare metal.
DEVOPS
11/27/20231 min read
Many people presume that a Kubernetes cluster deployed on bare metal performs better than one deployed on virtual machines, but until now there hasn’t been any proof of that assumption. At Gcore, we only provide our customers with information grounded in solid evidence, so we decided to test for ourselves whether K8s on bare metal really outperform K8s on VMs, and if so, to what extent. I’ll share the results of our internal testing.
More Information: https://thenewstack.io/does-kubernetes-really-perform-better-on-bare-metal-vs-vms/

