title: What's the difference between Pod resources.limits and resources.requests in Kubernetes?
body: <p>I've been reading the kubernetes documentation <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/#resource-requests-and-limits-of-pod-and-container" rel="noreferrer">https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/#resource-requests-and-limits-of-pod-and-container</a> </p>
  
  <p>But it's still not clear for me what's the difference between <code>spec.containers[].resources.limits.cpu</code> and <code>spec.containers[].resources.requests.cpu</code> and what's the impact on the resource limitation</p>
  
  <p>Can you please suggest some reads or books where this is explained in common english?  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>