diff --git a/tools/cluster-checker/checker.js b/tools/cluster-checker/checker.js
index 2a5bd65..5cd3cca 100644
--- a/tools/cluster-checker/checker.js
+++ b/tools/cluster-checker/checker.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const k8s = require('@kubernetes/client-node')
+const k8srp = require('kubernetes-resource-parser')
+
+const nodeResources = {
+  'nvidia.com/gpu' : 8,
+  'nvidia.com/roce_gdr' : 2,
+  'cpu' : 80,
+  'memory' : '800G'
+}
 
 class Client {
   constructor () {
@@ -140,6 +148,50 @@ function reservation (pod) {
   return gpus
 }
 
+// check container resource requests against node_resources
+function checkContainerResources(namespace, workload, container) {
+  // selectively merge limits into requests
+  const resources = {}
+  for (const k in container.resources?.requests ?? []) {
+    resources[k] = container.resources.requests[k]
+  }
+  for (const k in container.resources?.limits ?? []) {
+    if (!(k in resources)) {
+      resources[k] = container.resources.limits[k]
+    }
+  }
+
+  const gpus = parseInt(resources['nvidia.com/gpu'] ?? '0')
+  const gdr = parseInt(resources['nvidia.com/roce_gdr'] ?? '0')
+  const cpus = k8srp.cpuParser(resources['cpu'] ?? '0')
+  const mem = k8srp.memoryParser(resources['memory'] ?? '0')
+
+  // warn if the resource requests cannot be satisfied by a Node
+  if (gpus > nodeResources['nvidia.com/gpu']) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting "${gpus} GPUs"`)
+  }
+  if (gdr > nodeResources['gdrPerNode']) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting ${gdr} roce_gdr interfaces"`)
+  }
+  if (cpus > nodeResources['cpu']) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting "${cpus} CPUs"`)
+  }
+  if (mem > k8srp.memoryParser(nodeResources['memory'])) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting ${resources['memory']} memory`)
+  }
+
+  // warn if the resource:GPU ratio is not proportional to Node resources
+  if (gdr > 0 && ((gpus == 0) || (gpus/gdr < nodeResources['nvidia.com/gpu']/nodeResources['nvidia.com/roce_gdr']))) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting ${gdr} roce_gdr but only ${gpus} GPUs`)
+  }
+  if (gpus > 0 && (cpus > 0) && (cpus/gpus > nodeResources['cpu']/nodeResources['nvidia.com/gpu'])) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting ${cpus} cpus but only ${gpus} GPUs`)
+  }
+  if (gpus > 0 && (mem > 0) && (mem/gpus > k8srp.memoryParser(nodeResources['memory'])/nodeResources['nvidia.com/gpu'])) {
+    console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has a container requesting ${resources['memory']} memory but only ${gpus} GPUs`)
+  }
+}
+
 // check user namespace
 async function checkUserNamespace (client, namespace, queues) {
   const workloads = await client.workloads(namespace.metadata.name)
@@ -171,6 +223,16 @@ async function checkUserNamespace (client, namespace, queues) {
     if (conditions['Evicted'] === 'True') {
       console.log(`WARNING: workload "${namespace.metadata.name}/${workload.metadata.name}" has condition Evicted=True`)
     }
+
+    // report misconfigured resource requests
+    for (const podSet of workload.spec?.podSets) {
+      for (const ic of podSet.template?.spec?.initContainers ?? []) {
+        checkContainerResources(namespace, workload, ic)
+      }
+      for (const c of podSet.template?.spec?.containers ?? []) {
+        checkContainerResources(namespace, workload, c)
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/cluster-checker/package-lock.json b/tools/cluster-checker/package-lock.json
index 8dc360a..62097eb 100644
--- a/tools/cluster-checker/package-lock.json
+++ b/tools/cluster-checker/package-lock.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "dependencies": {
-        "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.21.0"
+        "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.21.0",
+        "kubernetes-resource-parser": "0.1.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui": {
@@ -543,6 +544,12 @@
         "node": ">=0.6.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/kubernetes-resource-parser": {
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kubernetes-resource-parser/-/kubernetes-resource-parser-0.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rr2K/4akDkY3oKgJ/KL3KAKw8Fb0VwBucGgKhvgqXluVhfn2BgEuJUXIDU+zt4eWaqOOjAC6ApUgnHF/SJ/iNw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/lru-cache": {
       "version": "6.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/tools/cluster-checker/package.json b/tools/cluster-checker/package.json
index 0488c7f..36a1453 100644
--- a/tools/cluster-checker/package.json
+++ b/tools/cluster-checker/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.21.0"
+    "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.21.0",
+    "kubernetes-resource-parser": "0.1.0"
   }
 }