Scaling Kubernetes on GPUs Was Slow, Complex, and Costly
Lintasarta set out to build a GPU Cloud to meet Indonesia’s rising demand for AI, ML, and GPU-accelerated workloads. But delivering managed Kubernetes on GPU hardware wasn’t straightforward. Without vCluster, the challenges were clear:
- Fragmented infrastructure: Running multiple physical Kubernetes clusters across limited GPU nodes led to underutilized hardware and escalating costs.
- Slow customer onboarding: Provisioning new Kubernetes clusters for every customer or workload was time-intensive, delaying time to value.
- Heavy operational burden: Managing upgrades, security, monitoring, and maintenance across many clusters required significant engineering effort.
- Inflexible scaling: Lintasarta’s ability to serve new customer demand was limited by the slow, manual process of setting up isolated environments.
Despite having a robust Next Generation Network backbone, Lintasarta faced an uphill battle in turning their GPU hardware into a scalable, efficient, and profitable cloud service.