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16-17 June, 2026
Mumbai, India
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Tuesday June 16, 2026 2:00pm - 2:40pm IST
Running global, self-managed k8s for stateful apps is notoriously complex. Most teams opt for managed platforms or VMs to mask the difficulty.

For platform engineers and SREs, this talk reveals how to confidently run mission-critical StatefulSets on bare-metal k8s. We share how we sustain 99.99% availability SLAs and sub-second recovery. We also explain why bare-metal drastically outperforms VM or managed setups by eliminating hypervisor overhead and granting direct hardware access.

We will dive into the architectural decisions behind:

Cluster-of-clusters: Scaling geographically with isolated regions.
Intent-driven placement: Hardware isolation for predictable performance.
Blast-radius containment: Limiting fallout via dedicated failure domains.
Automated recovery: Software, not humans at 2 a.m., handles failures.
Continuous reconciliation: Shifting operational burden to code.

This is not a "Kubernetes solves everything" pitch. It’s a candid, numbers-driven account of engineering a multi-region bare-metal k8s platform where performance and reliability are non-negotiable.
Speakers
avatar for Aparna Prabhu

Aparna Prabhu

Senior Engineering Manager, Storage and Platform Engineering, DigitalOcean
I’m a Senior Engineering Manager at DigitalOcean, where I lead teams focused on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). My work revolves around building and optimising cloud infrastructure that is both scalable and secure. With a passion for innovation, specially green innovation, I... Read More →
avatar for Nikhil Pathak

Nikhil Pathak

Senior Platform Engineer, Digitalocean
Actively working for Kubernetes clusters creation, management and upkeep
Tuesday June 16, 2026 2:00pm - 2:40pm IST
205 AB (Second Floor)
  Cloud & Orchestration

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