6.6 KiB
		
	
	
	
	
	
			
		
		
	
	2021 Annual Report: SIG Scalability
Current initiatives
- 
What work did the SIG do this year that should be highlighted?
- We helped validating scalability and reliability impact of many features across whole year.
 - We have started testing scalability of large services (1000+ pods).
 
 - 
What initiatives are you working on that aren't being tracked in KEPs?
- We've improved testing framework and infrastructure, for example:
- Added support for modules in our tests
 - Started measuring availability of api-server
 - Added support for measuring cilium propagation delay, dns latency
 
 
 - We've improved testing framework and infrastructure, for example:
 - 
KEP work in 2021:
- Stable
- None
 
 - Beta
 - Alpha
- 647 - APIServer Tracing - 1.22
 - 1669 - Proxy Terminating Endpoints - 1.22
 - 2464 - Kubetest2 CI Migration - 1.21
 
 - Pre-alpha
- None
 
 
 - Stable
 
Project health
- 
What areas and/or subprojects does your group need the most help with? Any areas with 2 or fewer OWNERs? (link to more details)
- Each subproject could benefit from additional hands. However, the Scalability Test Frameworks and Scalability and Performance tests and validation are the ones where we can grow contributors - the other require both very deep and wide understanding of Kubernetes before making reasonable contributions.
 
 - 
What metrics/community health stats does your group care about and/or measure?
- We care mostly about metrics for our main repository perf-tests. We measure them through devstats. We keep track of number of reviewers, opened issues and PRs merged.
 
 - 
Does your CONTRIBUTING.md help new contributors engage with your group specifically by pointing to activities or programs that provide useful context or allow easy participation?
- Yes, CONTRIBUTING.md points to maintained list of issues with label 
good first issue. 
 - Yes, CONTRIBUTING.md points to maintained list of issues with label 
 - 
If your group has special training, requirements for reviewers/approvers, or processes beyond the general contributor guide, does your CONTRIBUTING.md document those to help existing contributors grow throughout the contributor ladder?
- We don't have any special requirements for reviewers/approvers, but most of core areas of sig-scalability required deep and wide understanding of Kubernetes.
 
 - 
Does the group have contributors from multiple companies/affiliations?
- Yes, we have contributors from multiple companies.
 
 - 
Are there ways end users/companies can contribute that they currently are not? If one of those ways is more full time support, what would they work on and why?
- End users usually come with questions about scalability, they rarely want to contribute.
 
 
Membership
- Primary slack channel member count: 2029
 - Primary mailing list member count: 236
 - Primary meeting attendee count (estimated, if needed): 5
 - Primary meeting participant count (estimated, if needed): 4
 - Unique reviewers for SIG-owned packages: 6
 - Unique approvers for SIG-owned packages: 5
 
Include any other ways you measure group membership
Subprojects
New in 2021:
- None
 
Retired in 2021:
- None
 
Continuing:
- kubernetes-scalability-and-performance-tests-and-validation
 - kubernetes-scalability-bottlenecks-detection
 - kubernetes-scalability-definition
 - kubernetes-scalability-governance
 - kubernetes-scalability-test-frameworks
 
Working groups
New in 2021:
- None
 
Retired in 2021:
- None
 
Continuing:
Operational
Operational tasks in sig-governance.md:
- README.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
 - CONTRIBUTING.md reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed (or created if missing and your contributor steps and experience are different or more in-depth than the documentation listed in the general contributor guide and devel folder.)
 - Subprojects list and linked OWNERS files in sigs.yaml reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
 - SIG leaders (chairs, tech leads, and subproject owners) in sigs.yaml are accurate and active, and updated if needed
 - Meeting notes and recordings for 2021 are linked from README.md and updated/uploaded if needed
 - Did you have community-wide updates in 2021 (e.g. community meetings, kubecon, or kubernetes-dev@ emails)? Links to email, slides, or recordings: - Kubecon NA 2021