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dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jun 3, 2025 · Operations

Mastering Kubernetes High Availability: Control Plane, Nodes, Networking, Storage, and More

This comprehensive guide walks you through designing a highly available Kubernetes cluster, covering multi‑master control‑plane deployment, worker‑node resilience, advanced networking with Cilium, durable storage with Rook/Ceph, monitoring with Thanos, security policies, disaster‑recovery strategies, cost control, and automated rollouts, all illustrated with concrete configuration snippets and real‑world performance results.

Cluster DesignDevOpsKubernetes
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Mastering Kubernetes High Availability: Control Plane, Nodes, Networking, Storage, and More
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jan 1, 2022 · Cloud Native

Running Kubernetes Across Multiple Failure Zones

This article explains how Kubernetes clusters can be deployed across multiple failure zones and regions, detailing control plane replication, node labeling, pod topology constraints, storage zone awareness, network considerations, and disaster recovery strategies to achieve high availability in cloud‑native environments.

Cloud NativeCluster DesignKubernetes
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Running Kubernetes Across Multiple Failure Zones
Java Captain
Java Captain
Apr 9, 2019 · Big Data

Kafka FAQs: Zookeeper Dependency, Retention Policies, Cleanup Rules, Performance Bottlenecks, and Cluster Best Practices

This article answers common Kafka questions, explaining why Kafka cannot operate without Zookeeper, describing its two retention strategies based on time and size, detailing how simultaneous time‑ and size‑based cleanup works, listing performance bottlenecks, and offering practical guidelines for sizing and configuring Kafka clusters.

Big DataCluster DesignKafka
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Kafka FAQs: Zookeeper Dependency, Retention Policies, Cleanup Rules, Performance Bottlenecks, and Cluster Best Practices