☁️ Free practice test question from: KCNA (KCNA)

Resource Requests: These are the minimum amounts of CPU and memory that a container is guaranteed. The Kubernetes scheduler uses these requests to decide which node to place the pod on, ensuring that the node has enough resources to meet the request

Resource Limits: These are the maximum amounts of CPU and memory that a container is allowed to use. Limits help prevent a single container from monopolizing resources, which could starve other containers and destabilize the cluster. If a container tries to use more than its limit, it may be throttled (for CPU) or terminated (for memory)

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Setting both resource requests and limits to the same values is required for pods to be assigned the "Guaranteed" Quality of Service (QoS) class in Kubernetes. This QoS class ensures that the pods have the highest priority and are the last to be evicted during node pressure, such as when the node runs low on resources.