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GKE Standard raises max Pods per node to 512; X5 series hits GA
- Platform/SRE — Plan: GKE Standard’s GA increase to 512 pods per node (up from 256) doubles workload density but requires a /22 Pod CIDR block for nodes in the 257–512 range — evaluate whether your cluster IP address plan supports this before enabling denser node configurations.
- CI/CD — Skip
- Leader — Learn: GKE’s doubled pod-density ceiling may shift cluster sizing and cost economics for teams running dense workloads; the new X5 48TB memory tier is worth noting only if the org operates SAP HANA at scale and previously hit the 32TB single-node ceiling.
- Signals: GA announcement
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