Containers to Clusters: Running at Planet Scale

Containers changed deployment—clusters changed scale. Containers to Clusters is a cloud computing book devoted to running containerized systems reliably across massive, distributed environments.
The writing traces the evolution from single containers to orchestrated fleets spanning regions and continents. Readers explore how scheduling, networking, storage, and observability evolve as systems grow from dozens to thousands of workloads.
Rather than treating orchestration as tooling, the book emphasizes system behavior. It explains how failure modes multiply at scale, why automation becomes mandatory, and how cluster design determines reliability and efficiency. Each chapter connects operational choices to stability, velocity, and cost.
The tone is engineering-focused and pragmatic, aimed at platform teams and infrastructure leaders. Language remains precise and actionable, grounding large-scale concepts in operational reality.
Containers to Clusters moves through orchestration fundamentals, cluster architecture, workload management, scaling strategies, and failure recovery—showing how container systems succeed only with disciplined design.
Key themes explored include:
• Container orchestration at scale
• Cluster design principles
• Automation and reliability
• Managing failure at scale
• Planet-scale operations
Containers to Clusters is for teams operating globally—offering a guide to run container platforms that remain stable as scale explodes.