In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Andrew Sillifant, a solution architect at Pure Storage working on all things databases and solutions. The discussion starts by talking about Andrew's early days with the LAMP stack, and how he sees the community evolve around containers and Kubernetes. We dive into the MySQL Operator and how it helps Kubernetes operators or developers deploy MySQL InnoDB clusters using simple YAML files. We talk about the benefits and challenges associated with running MySQL on Kubernetes and talk about the different ways users can protect their MySQL databases.

Show links:

Andrew Sillifant - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-sillifant/

Oracle MySQL Operator - https://github.com/mysql/mysql-operator

Percona MySQL Operator - https://www.percona.com/doc/kubernetes-operator-for-pxc/index.html

Bitpoke MySQL Operator - https://www.bitpoke.io/docs/mysql-operator/#

Pokemon Go - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/bringing-pokemon-go-to-life-on-google-cloud

ARMO raised $30M to build Kubescape - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/armo-raises-30m-for-the-first-open-source-kubernetes-security-platform-301533986.html

Platform9 named a leader in Managed Kubernetes solution platform radar from GigaOM - https://research.gigaom.com/reprint/gigaom-radar-for-evaluating-managed-kubernetes-solutions-platform-993544/

NetApp Astra adds support for private AKS clusters and VMware Tanzu - https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/astra-blg-astra-enhances-azure-integration-application-handling-hybrid-cloud-and-adds-vmware-tanzu-support?linkId=100000122358216&spr=100003061438458

Low-Ops Kubernetes storage with MicroK8s and OpenEBS - https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-low-ops-kubernetes-storage-with-microk8s-and-openebs/

Why and how should you reboot Kubernetes nodes - https://elastisys.com/why-and-how-should-you-reboot-kubernetes-nodes/