Riccardo Padovani • 2/7/2026

Kubernetes doesn't care about your uptime

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This technical article delves into Kubernetes' default behavior of prioritizing data consistency and integrity over application availability. It explains the 'split brain' problem, why the scheduler may ignore pods on unreachable nodes, and how Kubernetes' conservative approach with StatefulSets and taints prevents data corruption by avoiding multi-writer scenarios on persistent volumes.

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