[EKS/Fargate] request: Improve Fargate Node Startup Time
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**Tell us about your request**
Improve the startup time of Fargate nodes on EKS
**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS Fargate
**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
I haven't done extensive benchmarks yet, but anecdotal "kicking the tires" of Fargate for EKS shows 30-45 seconds for a node to be created and registered; because it's node-per-pod, I then have to wait for image pull and container start time, so in total it's taking over a minute to start a new pod.
This is problematic for obvious reasons; for some use-cases it's not a show-stopper, like HPA-based scaled deployments I'm OK with the startup time. For others, like a CI cluster for gitlab, the startup time is painful; each CI job spawns a new pod which takes "forever".
**Are you currently working around this issue?**
Currently just eating the startup time.
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