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title: Upgrade your K8s integration for significant performance improvements!
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/whats-new/2022/04/whats-new-04-28-kubernetes-v3
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In April of 2022, we re-architected our Kubernetes integration, making it modular and configurable, giving you more flexibility and compatibility with more environments. Upgrade today to get access to the following:

-   **Reduce memory footprint**: Up to 80% reduction in big clusters.
-   **Improve troubleshooting**: Easier to triage bugs and fix issues with enhanced logs and process cycle.
-   **Configure more easily**: Three individually-configurable components, including support for config files that provide more granular settings.
-   **Scrape external control planes**: Get metrics from components outside your clusters.
-   **Adjust scraping intervals**: Dial-up or dial-down data ingest to suit your needs.

## How to get started

To learn more, check out our [blog](https://newrelic.com/blog/nerdlog/k8s-integration-v3) or go straight to the [docs](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/kubernetes-pixie/kubernetes-integration/advanced-configuration/k8s-version2/changes-since-v3/#migration-guide) to get started.

![Diagram of Kubernetes integration architecture](https://docs.newrelic.com/images/K8s_V3.webp "Diagram of Kubernetes integration architecture")