Availability and Storage Autoscaling of Stateful Workloads on Kubernetes

Explore a 32-minute conference talk detailing Shopify's approach to running highly available and scalable stateful applications on Kubernetes, focusing on Elasticsearch. Discover how to overcome challenges in implementing storage autoscaling, seamlessly expand persistent disks storing critical search data, and shrink disks without data loss to optimize costs. Learn about using Envoy to enable client connections to Elasticsearch through Kubernetes' ingress. Gain valuable insights into the complexities and benefits of managing stateful workloads on Kubernetes, with practical examples from Shopify's experience in handling petabytes of data globally for their ecommerce platform's search functionality.