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`Off` | The VPA does not automatically change the resource requirements of the pods. The recommendations are calculated and can be inspected in the VPA object.
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### Autoscaling based on cluster size
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For workloads that need to be scaled based on the size of the cluster (for example
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`cluster-dns` or other system components), you can use the _Cluster Proportional Autoscaler_.<br />
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Just like the VPA, it is not part of the Kubernetes core, but hosted in its
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own repository [on GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-proportional-autoscaler).
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The Cluster Proportional Autoscaler watches the number of schedulable {{< glossary_tooltip text="nodes" term_id="node" >}} and cores and scales the number of replicas of the target workload accordingly.
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### Event driven Autoscaling
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It is also possible to scale workloads based on events, for example using the

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