###### tags: `WebHack#29` # Taking advantage of k8s for one time workloads > Only 9.2% companies are using k8s in production. ### Situation > Need to copy a large amount of data from local on-premise data center to AWS S3. U-Next did... ![](https://i.imgur.com/deoZXbS.jpg) #### Difficulties - AWS doesn't provide a way to check the integrity of large files - Adusting memory allocation for workers can by finicky when file sizes vary - EKS version on K8S is actually several versions behind the newest version, so it may not be entierly trivial to switch cloud providers #### Benefits - Coordinate computing resources more effectively - Increase and decrease dapacity dependingg on need - Cloud agnostic - Readiness and responsiveness check for workers