cdCon+GitOpsCon 2023

The ever-increasing adoption of DevOps practices such as Continuous Deployment (CD) has resulted in an increased demand for energy consumption. As organizations shift towards more environmentally conscious operations, it is of growing significance to consider, among other factors, evaluating the environmental impact of different software deployment methodologies. In this talk, the speakers present a comparative analysis of the energy consumption and corresponding CO2 emissions of GitOps architectures and processes based on a series of experiments. The research used a benchmarking technique to gather energy-related data using Kepler, a lightweight pod-level power consumption metrics exporter. The results provide insights into the energy efficiency of the said approaches and highlight the trade-offs involved. The talk also discusses the implications of the findings for the cloud native realm and helps to inform decision-making in terms of which approach is more eco-friendly.