# Kubernetes Workload

This page describes the Optimization Pack for the Kubernetes Workload component type.

## Metrics

| Name                           | Unit       | Description                                               |
| ------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| k8s\_workload\_desired\_pods   | pods       | Number of desired pods per workload                       |
| k8s\_workload\_running\_pods   | pods       | The number of running pods per workload                   |
| k8s\_workload\_ready\_pods     | pods       | The number of ready pods per workload                     |
| k8s\_workload\_cpu\_used       | millicores | The total amount of CPUs used by the entire workload      |
| k8s\_workload\_memory\_used    | bytes      | The total amount of memory used by the entire workload    |
| k8s\_workload\_cpu\_request    | millicores | The total amount of CPUs requests for the workload        |
| k8s\_workload\_cpu\_limit      | millicores | The total amount of CPUs limits for the entire workload   |
| k8s\_workload\_memory\_request | millicores | The total amount of memory requests for the workload      |
| k8s\_workload\_memory\_limit   | millicores | The total amount of memory limits for the entire workload |

## Parameters

| Name     | Unit    | Type | Default Value | Domain       | Restart | Description                              |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------------- | ------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| replicas | integer | pods | `1`           | `0` → `1024` | yes     | Number of desired pods in the deployment |