overhead cost

基本解释

The relatively low overhead cost may far outweigh the administrative benefits for network organization.
它能够以比较低的开销简化网络管理。
Since the request for the container can be put in the code, the overhead cost of synchronizing the deployment descriptor with the code is minimized.
因为可以将对容器的请求放入到代码中，所以使得对部署描述符与代码进行同步的开销减到最小。
Your goal should be to minimize the work required to remain compliant, and better yet, make compliance a business enabler instead of an overhead cost.
您的目标应该是将保持遵循所需的工作最小化，而更好的是，令法规遵循成为业务的推动者，而不是开销成本。

If that sounds familiar, you are probably also versed on the overhead cost associated with any custom configuration.
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