[pests]

But it can. You can develop a custom controller that does manage a typical RDBMS to be able to run in three datacenters across three continents.

[pritambaral]

> You can develop a custom controller that does manage a typical RDBMS to be able to run in three datacenters across three continents.

Honestly, at that point, what does k8s get you?

AIUI, Kubernetes is fine for stateless systems, but it is really no better on the storing-state question.

[wmf]

It's easier to install Stolon under K8s than by hand. :-)

[pests]

Consistency.

[zzzcpan]

It was a trick sentence, RDBMSs that can do that and remain useful enough for at least some applications don't exist.