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Why avoid DaemonSet updates during node pressure?

Senior Kubernetes
Quick Answer DaemonSet updates perform a rolling update across nodes. If a node is already under memory or disk pressure, updating its DaemonSet Pod adds more resource pressure รขโ‚ฌโ€ potentially triggering evictions of other Pods or causing the node to go NotReady. Pause DaemonSet updates during node pressure incidents; resolve the pressure first.

Answer

DaemonSet updates create churn across all nodes, worsening pressure.
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