A method of rebalancing container pod usage in a container environment, the method comprising: deploying a plurality of container pods to a plurality of container nodes in a container environment, wherein: each of the plurality of container pods comprises one or more services; each of the plurality of container nodes comprises one or more container pods; and the plurality of container pods are deployed to the plurality of container nodes based on initial characterizations of usage factors for each of the plurality of container pods; monitoring actual usage factors for each of the plurality of container pods after deployment to the plurality of container nodes; identifying one or more container pods in the plurality of container pods that deviate from their initial characterizations of usage factors; and by redistributing the one or more container pods throughout the plurality of container nodes based on the actual usage factors, wherein the usage factors comprise a CPU usage factor; wherein the redistributing comprises reassigning each of one or more container pods from a first container node to a second container node, and wherein a new pod is instantiated and warmed up in the second container node when the CPU usage factor exceeds a first threshold, wherein no request traffic is routed to the new pod during the warmup, and wherein the new pod is activated and the traffic is routed from a pod in the first container node to the new pod in the second container node, when the CPU usage factor maintains a predetermined level and crosses a second threshold, and wherein initially the traffic is split equally between the pod in the first container node and the new pod in the second container node, and wherein, based on determining which of the first container node and the second container node is closest to their CPU usage constraints, the flow of traffic is adjusted between the pod in the first container node and the new pod in the second container node to maintain an equal guard band between the usage of the first container node and the second container node. deploying a plurality of container pods to a plurality of container nodes in a container environment, wherein: each of the plurality of container pods comprises one or more services; each of the plurality of container nodes comprises one or more container pods; and the plurality of container pods are deployed to the plurality of container nodes based on initial characterizations of usage factors for each of the plurality of container pods; each of the plurality of container pods comprises one or more services; each of the plurality of container nodes comprises one or more container pods; and the plurality of container pods are deployed to the plurality of container nodes based on initial characterizations of usage factors for each of the plurality of container pods; monitoring actual usage factors for each of the plurality of container pods after deployment to the plurality of container nodes; identifying one or more container pods in the plurality of container pods that deviate from their initial characterizations of usage factors; and by redistributing the one or more container pods throughout the plurality of container nodes based on the actual usage factors, wherein the usage factors comprise a CPU usage factor; wherein the redistributing comprises reassigning each of one or more container pods from a first container node to a second container node, and wherein a new pod is instantiated and warmed up in the second container node when the CPU usage factor exceeds a first threshold, wherein no request traffic is routed to the new pod during the warmup, and wherein the new pod is activated and the traffic is routed from a pod in the first container node to the new pod in the second container node, when the CPU usage factor maintains a predetermined level and crosses a second threshold, and wherein initially the traffic is split equally between the pod in the first container node and the new pod in the second container node, and wherein, based on determining which of the first container node and the second container node is closest to their CPU usage constraints, the flow of traffic is adjusted between the pod in the first container node and the new pod in the second container node to maintain an equal guard band between the usage of the first container node and the second container node.