What is the difference between horizontal pod autoscaling and cluster autoscaling when deploying Node.js on Kubernetes?

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What is the difference between horizontal pod autoscaling and cluster autoscaling when deploying Node.js on Kubernetes?

Key points

  • Horizontal pod autoscaling adjusts pod replicas based on metrics
  • Cluster autoscaling adds or removes nodes from the cluster
  • Both aim to optimize resource allocation in Kubernetes for Node.js apps

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