Pod CPU usage is imbalanced between OpenShift nodes or is very high on some nodes

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Issue

  • Application team is reporting slowdowns due to high cpu on app nodes.
  • How do we better balance pods across OpenShift to make sure resources are best spread?
  • Does OpenShift track pod CPU core and memory usages
  • How do I set limits, requests, limitranges, or quotas?

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
    • 3.4+

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