MTAR T3D Sessions: Why not K8s (Kubernetes) and PostgreSQL

More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never met · Sep 4, 2025 · 12m

Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Greg Dostatni, DBA at Command Prompt, about the Kubernetes mantra “cattle, not pets” — and why that doesn’t always hold true when it comes to PostgreSQL databases.

They explore why stateless services scale easily in Kubernetes, but databases face serious challenges around failover, replication, and recovery. Greg makes the case that databases must be treated as pets — because when the data is gone, it’s game over.

If you’re running Postgres at scale or evaluating Kubernetes for databases, this short talk is for you.

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