What is the difference between a Deployment and a StatefulSet in Kubernetes?

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What is the difference between a Deployment and a StatefulSet in Kubernetes?

Key points

  • Deployments are for stateless apps, StatefulSets for stateful
  • Deployments have interchangeable pods, StatefulSets have stable identities
  • Deployments support rolling updates, StatefulSets provide stable storage

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