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Ask HN: Why do people still think databases should not run on Kubernetes?

2 pointsby earayu4 months ago

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gregjor4 months ago
What people? Have you read or listened to people “still thinking” this who don’t give a reason? Do you have some reasons people should not still think this?<p>I have never needed containers or Kubernetes, but as a long-time DBA and programmer I can speculate. Relational database engines generally perform best running close to the hardware, because of optimizations around memory and I&#x2F;O. Every layer of abstraction introduced adds drag that affects all clients of the database.<p>Edit: This on HN just now. Apparently some people don’t still think databases shouldn’t run on K8S.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kubeblocks.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kubeblocks.io&#x2F;</a>