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The Volcano project provides cloud native batch scheduling software within the CNCF ecosystem.
About Volcano
Volcano is a Kubernetes-native open source batch scheduling system that is an incubating project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It extends the standard Kubernetes kube-scheduler to manage and optimize batch, elastic, AI/ML, big data, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The system provides integration with common AI, big data, and HPC frameworks including Spark, Flink, Ray, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Kubeflow, and MPI.
Key features
- Extends standard Kubernetes kube-scheduler for batch workloads
- Optimizes AI/ML, big data, and HPC workload scheduling
- Integrates with Spark, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Kubeflow
- Supports elastic and high-density compute job management
- Offers topology-aware scheduling for performance optimization
Best for: Teams running AI/ML, big data, or HPC batch workloads on Kubernetes benefit most from Volcano.
Good for
- Built on over 15 years of large-scale high-performance workload operation experience
- Incubating CNCF project with adoption across internet, finance, manufacturing, and medical sectors
- Active open source community with hundreds of contributors to code and documentation
Volcano at a glance
- Category
- Development › DevOps & Containers
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Volcano FAQ
What is Volcano?
Volcano is a Kubernetes-native open source batch scheduling system that is an incubating project of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It extends the standard Kubernetes kube-scheduler to manage batch and elastic workloads.
What types of workloads is Volcano designed to optimize?
It is designed for AI/ML, deep learning, big data, bioinformatics, genomics, and other high-performance computing workloads.
Which common frameworks does Volcano integrate with?
It offers integration with frameworks including Spark, Flink, Ray, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Kubeflow, MPI, and Horovod.
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