Patent attributes
Techniques for managing critical workloads in container-based computing environments are disclosed. In one example, a method determines a resource trigger threshold associated with executing at least one containerized workload associated with a first service having a first criticality level, the resource trigger threshold corresponding to a resource capacity allocated to execute the first service. The method determines when the resource capacity allocated to execute the first service reaches the resource trigger threshold, and then re-allocates resource capacity allocated to execute at least one containerized workload associated with a second service having a second criticality level to the first service when the resource trigger threshold is reached. For example, the first criticality level may be higher than the second criticality level.