Network utilization-aware scheduler for container orchestration systems

A method, comprising:

• implementing, by a computing system, a container orchestrator;
• obtaining, by the computing system, network utilization data indicative of usage of one or more network-related resources by each of a corresponding one or more worker, wherein the one or more worker nodes are part of a cluster managed by the container orchestrator, and wherein each worker node is capable of executing one or more containerized workloads for a distributed application, and is a physical server;
• determining, by the computing system, from among the one or more worker nodes, and based on the network utilization data and a network requirement of a new containerized workload, one or more candidate worker nodes that satisfy the network requirement of the new containerized workload;
• and
• scheduling, by the computing system and with a scheduler of the container orchestrator, the new containerized workload to a candidate worker node selected from among the determined one or more candidate worker nodes to cause the candidate worker node to obtain the new containerized workload from a storage server and execute the new containerized workload.

Non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:

• implement a container orchestrator;
• obtain network utilization data indicative of usage of one or more network-related resources by each of a corresponding one or more worker nodes, wherein the one or more worker nodes are part of a cluster managed by the container orchestrator, and wherein each worker node is capable of executing one or more containerized workloads for a distributed application, and is a physical server;
• determine, from among the one or more worker nodes, based on the network utilization data and a network requirement of a new containerized workload, one or more candidate worker nodes that satisfy the network requirement of the new containerized workload;
• and
• schedule, with a scheduler of the container orchestrator, the new containerized workload to a candidate worker node selected from among the determined one or more candidate worker nodes to cause the candidate worker node to obtain the new containerized workload from a storage server and execute the new containerized workload.