About This Architecture
Multi-environment GKE node pool architecture spanning DEV, UAT, and PROD with zone-distributed deployments across us-central1. DEV runs single-zone, single-node pools (np-default, np-redpanda) with autoscaling disabled, while UAT and PROD scale across three zones (a, b, c) with HA-enabled Redpanda clusters (RF=3) and MongoDB Atlas M10 backends. PROD differentiates with n2-standard-8 nodes, autoscaling on np-default, and NVMe storage for Redpanda stateful workloads. This architecture demonstrates progressive resilience: DEV prioritizes cost, UAT validates HA patterns, and PROD enforces multi-zone redundancy with compute autoscaling for variable load. Fork and customize this diagram on Diagrams.so to model your own environment-specific node pool strategies, storage configurations, and scaling policies.