Stephan Schwarz, DevOps Engineer at iits-consulting, explains the often-overlooked client-side limitations that can sabotage Kubernetes performance testing efforts.

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Stephan Schwarz, DevOps Engineer at iits-consulting, explains the often-overlooked client-side limitations that can sabotage Kubernetes performance testing efforts. Stephan details how even when using SaaS performance testing platforms with EC2 instances, teams can hit unexpected bottlenecks. Standard Linux distributions have low file descriptor limits, which can throttle the number of concurrent connections during load testing. His practical solution involves using specialized performance testing images or manually adjusting system limits like the number of open files—a critical but frequently missed configuration step that can invalidate test results. Watch the full episode: [link]

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