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A CPU request does not result in a guarantee
It is merely a pod placement constraint but the phrasing leads readers to the incorrect understanding that some actual CPU time is guaranteed/reserved. Re-phrase to make it clear this is nothing more than a request.
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content/en/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers.md

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@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Limits and requests for CPU resources are measured in *cpu* units.
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One cpu, in Kubernetes, is equivalent to **1 vCPU/Core** for cloud providers and **1 hyperthread** on bare-metal Intel processors.
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Fractional requests are allowed. A Container with
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`spec.containers[].resources.requests.cpu` of `0.5` is guaranteed half as much
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`spec.containers[].resources.requests.cpu` of `0.5` asks for half as much
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CPU as one that asks for 1 CPU. The expression `0.1` is equivalent to the
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expression `100m`, which can be read as "one hundred millicpu". Some people say
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"one hundred millicores", and this is understood to mean the same thing. A
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container images, and the writable layers of running containers.
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{{< caution >}}
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If a node fails, the data in its ephemeral storage can be lost.
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If a node fails, the data in its ephemeral storage can be lost.
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Your applications cannot expect any performance SLAs (disk IOPS for example)
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from local ephemeral storage.
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{{< /caution >}}
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Quotas are faster and more accurate than directory scanning. When a
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directory is assigned to a project, all files created under a
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directory are created in that project, and the kernel merely has to
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keep track of how many blocks are in use by files in that project.
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keep track of how many blocks are in use by files in that project.
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If a file is created and deleted, but has an open file descriptor,
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it continues to consume space. Quota tracking records that space accurately
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whereas directory scans overlook the storage used by deleted files.

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