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Define scheduler reservations and hard caps.

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Section: Probes and Resources

CPU and memory requests/limits

yaml
yaml
resources:
  requests:
    cpu: "250m"
    memory: "256Mi"
  limits:
    cpu: "500m"
    memory: "512Mi"
Explanation

Requests influence scheduling; limits constrain runtime resource use.

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