Umair Shahid digs into the arguments for and against:
“Should PostgreSQL run on Kubernetes too?”
The worst answers are the confident ones:
- “Yes, because everything else is on Kubernetes.”
- “No, because databases are special.”
Both are lazy. The right answer depends on what you’re optimizing for: delivery velocity, platform consistency, latency predictability, operational risk, compliance constraints, and, most importantly, who is on-call when things go sideways.
Click through for a detailed analysis. It’s a similar story in SQL Server: