What is the difference between Kubernetes rolling update strategy and recreate strategy in Deployments?

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What is the difference between Kubernetes rolling update strategy and recreate strategy in Deployments?

Key points

  • Rolling updates balance availability and progress
  • Recreate strategy prioritizes version consistency
  • maxSurge and maxUnavailable control the rollout pace
  • Incompatible versions benefit from recreate strategy

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