Re:Why Kubernetes Needs an LTS
by FridgeSeal on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:37AM
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For sure, with scale comes slow-downs and new problems, that’s just an organisational reality, totally get that.
I am slightly curious why an upgrade takes 2 weeks? At my current work, rolling out an upgrade (self managed clusters), rolling out an upgrade on the “happy path” is a fairly low-intensity task: we kick it off, nodes gracefully drain, upgrade and come back online. No intervention necessary. Unhappy path just requires another command to roll them back. Prod is the same, but happens slightly slower because there’s more nodes (and more independent prod clusters).
I am slightly curious why an upgrade takes 2 weeks? At my current work, rolling out an upgrade (self managed clusters), rolling out an upgrade on the “happy path” is a fairly low-intensity task: we kick it off, nodes gracefully drain, upgrade and come back online. No intervention necessary. Unhappy path just requires another command to roll them back. Prod is the same, but happens slightly slower because there’s more nodes (and more independent prod clusters).