https://kuberneteslab.dev/en/tags/nftables/Recent content in Nftables on KubernetesLabhttps://kuberneteslab.dev/images/og-brand.pnghttps://kuberneteslab.dev/images/og-brand.pngHugoenTue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kuberneteslab.dev/en/blog/cni-standing-cost/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kuberneteslab.dev/en/blog/cni-standing-cost/We measured the standing CPU and memory usage of Calico, Cilium, Flannel, Antrea, and kube-router across 14 configurations in a 9-day unattended campaign. Memory, not CPU, is what separates them, and switching kube-proxy to nftables mode alone cut its memory usage by 70%.