beginnerWorkloads I: Deployment & ReplicaSet
What do maxUnavailable and maxSurge control?
maxUnavailable caps how far below desired replica count the rollout can go. maxSurge caps how far above desired it can go temporarily. Both zero is invalid -- the rollout is impossible. Tuning them balances rollout speed vs capacity headroom.
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