Migrating Kubernetes cluster with zero downtime
When a company decides to use Kubernetes clusters in production and maintain high level of availability/SLA, sooner or later time will come to perform a full cluster migration with zero downtime. There are many reasons why a full cluster migration may be required. For example moving to a new hosting platform, implementing zone-redundancy for worker nodes, changing cluster configuration to use managed identity (as opposed to managing the service principal yourself) or simply performing a risky cluster upgrade (AKS 1.17 -> 1.18 changes Ubuntu OS version, 1.18 -> 1.19 changes default container runtime interface). Doing a zero-downtime migration is definitely possible, but requires careful planning.
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Having you ever wondered if 2 VMs would provide the same level of performance in IIS as a single VM of double the size? The following analysis will attempt to answer the question.
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