Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

GKE is a managed environment for deploying containerized applications. It brings the power of Kubernetes orchestration, but abstracts away the difficulty of managing the control plane.

The Benefit of GKE

Kubernetes operates by managing standard "Nodes". Nodes execute "Pods". Pods execute "Containers". GKE allows engineers to configure auto-scaling node pools that grow or shrink based purely on CPU and Memory limits without any required manual intervention.