AI engineering glossary · MLOps, LLMOps cloud

What is replicaSet?

ReplicaSet: A Kubernetes controller that keeps a stated number of identical pods running at all times, creating new ones if any disappear. It is usually managed indirectly through a deployment, which creates a new one for each version.

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ReplicaSet: an example

If a ReplicaSet is set to 3 pods and a node crashes taking one down, it launches a replacement pod on another node.

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