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DRA · Dynamic Resource Allocation

The Kubernetes mechanism that replaces counting opaque devices with claiming them by attribute, letting a workload request GPUs by memory, topology, or partition rather than by integer count.

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GA in 1.34Kubernetes Dynamic Resource Allocation graduated to stable (Sept 2025)as of 2025 · register ↗
Apache-2.0, Apr 2025NVIDIA open-sourced KAI Scheduler (gang, fair-share, DRA, topology)as of 2025 · register ↗
1 / nodemax IMEX channels (ComputeDomains) per node in Kubernetes DRA — strands partial-node GPUsas of 2025 · register ↗

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