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The Four CRDs That Matter. Zero DBAs.

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This article shows how CloudNativePG replaces Patroni, HAProxy and barman with four Kubernetes resources that handle failover, backups and connection pooling for PostgreSQL.

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Kubernetes Can Run Your Database. Your Team Can't.
Kubernetes Can Run Your Database. Your Team Can't.

KubeSelect is a new show that tests one bold Kubernetes hypothesis with one expert. Hosts Salman Iqbal and Bart Farrell examine the evidence and ask whether the claim holds up.

In episode two, Kat Cosgrove tackles a long-running question: should teams run databases on Kubernetes? StatefulSets, persistent volumes, CSI, and database operators changed the technical answer, but they did not remove the operational risk.

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