I did read the article you linked. It does touch a little bit on potential benefits of having databases managed the same way the services using them are, and integration tests that include the database.
However, I’m still scratching my head how any of that is better or not possible with a Postgres installation that is outside of kubernetes. Let’s take out the management part of databases themselves - assume a managed database service like RDS POSTGRES. why would one want to run Postgres on EKS over having their pods on EKS talking to RDS Postgres?
I feel like I’m missing some technical reason/advantage that makes all these people choosing to run Postgres on Kunernetes with operators and what not.
What does Kubernetes bring to this table over a separate Postgres that dont run the risk of kubernetes interfering with the reliability or operation?
reacharavindh|2 years ago
However, I’m still scratching my head how any of that is better or not possible with a Postgres installation that is outside of kubernetes. Let’s take out the management part of databases themselves - assume a managed database service like RDS POSTGRES. why would one want to run Postgres on EKS over having their pods on EKS talking to RDS Postgres?
I feel like I’m missing some technical reason/advantage that makes all these people choosing to run Postgres on Kunernetes with operators and what not.
What does Kubernetes bring to this table over a separate Postgres that dont run the risk of kubernetes interfering with the reliability or operation?