Real-time migration for stateless pods

A computer implemented system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes within a container orchestration system, the container orchestration system defining sets of nodes within the plurality of nodes, wherein the sets of nodes are containers;
• a utilization monitoring module configured to monitor at least one utilization metric of the sets of nodes in the plurality of nodes;
• a migration controller configured to trigger a migration of at least one pod from a first set of nodes in the plurality of nodes to a second set of nodes in the plurality of nodes based at least in part on the at least one utilization metric;
• a migration engine configured to implement the migration of the at least one pod;
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• a container orchestration system controller, wherein the migration controller includes instructions for operating the utilization monitoring module, the migration controller, and the migration engine.