https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/stateful-workloads/ Recent content in Stateful-Workloads on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-20-self-hosted-kubernetes-statefulset-management-operators-backup-scaling-guide/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-20-self-hosted-kubernetes-statefulset-management-operators-backup-scaling-guide/ <p>Kubernetes StatefulSets are the go-to workload type for running stateful applications — databases, message queues, and any service that requires stable network identity, persistent storage, and ordered deployment. But managing StatefulSets at scale introduces challenges that the native Kubernetes API doesn&rsquo;t fully address: automated backup and restore, horizontal scaling, version upgrades, and failure recovery.</p>