Applied Computing Research Labs

Efficiency at Scale

ACRL applies simulation analysis to your compute platform in order to eliminate bottlenecks, optimize costs, and improve resource utilization, all without risking production downtime.

Proven Expertise

Our team brings unmatched expertise to your organization, with a decade of industry experience operating and managing large-scale distributed systems like Kubernetes.

Innovative Solutions

We use advanced algorithms, applied mathematics, and machine learning techniques to solve some of the hardest problems in cloud computing.

Open-Source Research

All our work is available under an open-source license and our results are disseminated in industry-leading venues and academic publications.

SimKube

A record-and-replay simulation environment for Kubernetes

• Increase reliability by replaying production data locally
• Identify future scaling bottlenecks in your Kubernetes platform
• Improve performance by tuning cluster configuration parameters
• Troubleshoot incidents and verify remediations in an isolated environment

Scale-as-a-Service

Focused investigation into specific cost, scale, or reliability concerns

• Get full-time access to ACRL engineers to address specific concerns in your infrastructure
• Implement industry-standard best practices for autoscaling, scheduling, and reliability
• Improve your observability, testing, and deployment pipelines
• Receive training in modeling, experimentation, and analysis of complex systems