diff --git a/examples/cassandra/README.md b/examples/cassandra/README.md
index 605ad9104ae..d4caf63c8db 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/README.md
+++ b/examples/cassandra/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
     - /run.sh
     resources:
       limits:
-        cpu: "1"
+        cpu: "0.5"
     image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v3
     name: cassandra
     ports:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ spec:
 
 There are a few things to note in this description.  First is that we are running the ```kubernetes/cassandra``` image.  This is a standard Cassandra installation on top of Debian.  However it also adds a custom [```SeedProvider```](https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/locator/SeedProvider.java) to Cassandra.  In Cassandra, a ```SeedProvider``` bootstraps the gossip protocol that Cassandra uses to find other nodes.  The ```KubernetesSeedProvider``` discovers the Kubernetes API Server using the built in Kubernetes discovery service, and then uses the Kubernetes API to find new nodes (more on this later)
 
-You may also note that we are setting some Cassandra parameters (```MAX_HEAP_SIZE``` and ```HEAP_NEWSIZE```).  We also tell Kubernetes that the container exposes both the ```CQL``` and ```Thrift``` API ports.  Finally, we tell the cluster manager that we need 1 cpu (1 core).
+You may also note that we are setting some Cassandra parameters (```MAX_HEAP_SIZE``` and ```HEAP_NEWSIZE```).  We also tell Kubernetes that the container exposes both the ```CQL``` and ```Thrift``` API ports.  Finally, we tell the cluster manager that we need 0.5 cpu (0.5 core).
 
 Given this configuration, we can create the pod from a file specification as follows
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ spec:
             - /run.sh
           resources:
             limits:
-              cpu: 1
+              cpu: 0.5
           env:
             - name: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
               key: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
index d15ff95a2d9..1fcfa65dbc8 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra-controller.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
             - /run.sh
           resources:
             limits:
-              cpu: 1
+              cpu: 0.5
           env:
             - name: MAX_HEAP_SIZE
               value: 512M
diff --git a/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml b/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
index a41346de31a..6358a19bae1 100644
--- a/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
+++ b/examples/cassandra/cassandra.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
     - /run.sh
     resources:
       limits:
-        cpu: "1"      
+        cpu: "0.5"
     image: gcr.io/google_containers/cassandra:v4
     name: cassandra
     ports:
diff --git a/examples/hazelcast/README.md b/examples/hazelcast/README.md
index ae6d17c87a8..720013ec2a7 100644
--- a/examples/hazelcast/README.md
+++ b/examples/hazelcast/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ spec:
       containers: 
         - resources:
             limits:
-              cpu: 1
+              cpu: 0.5
           image: quay.io/pires/hazelcast-kubernetes:0.3.1
           name: hazelcast
           env:
diff --git a/examples/hazelcast/hazelcast-controller.yaml b/examples/hazelcast/hazelcast-controller.yaml
index ce67059aa65..7966fbf6482 100644
--- a/examples/hazelcast/hazelcast-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/hazelcast/hazelcast-controller.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       containers: 
         - resources:
             limits:
-              cpu: 1
+              cpu: 0.5
           image: quay.io/pires/hazelcast-kubernetes:0.3.1
           name: hazelcast
           env:
diff --git a/examples/mysql-wordpress-pd/README.md b/examples/mysql-wordpress-pd/README.md
index c4e701eb73a..bffa61f0e7b 100644
--- a/examples/mysql-wordpress-pd/README.md
+++ b/examples/mysql-wordpress-pd/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ spec:
   containers: 
     - resources:
         limits :
-          cpu: 1
+          cpu: 0.5
       image: mysql
       name: mysql
       env:
diff --git a/examples/redis/redis-controller.yaml b/examples/redis/redis-controller.yaml
index 1ab87ce386f..d16a0cccb68 100644
--- a/examples/redis/redis-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/redis/redis-controller.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 6379
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: "1"
+            cpu: "0.5"
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /redis-master-data
           name: data
diff --git a/examples/redis/redis-master.yaml b/examples/redis/redis-master.yaml
index c0d84adb7da..c19f9b1724d 100644
--- a/examples/redis/redis-master.yaml
+++ b/examples/redis/redis-master.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 6379
       resources:
         limits:
-          cpu: "1"
+          cpu: "0.5"
       volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /redis-master-data
           name: data