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Running databases inside Kubernetes clusters creates operational friction because K8s is designed for stateless workloads while databases are inherently stateful. This mismatch leads to persistent volume complexity, resource contention, and increased operational overhead. For AI inference workloads, separating compute (Kubernetes) from data (managed databases) provides better security isolation, independent scaling, automatic failover, and allows engineering teams to focus on features rather than infrastructure management. The "attach architecture" approach treats Kubernetes as the execution layer and managed databases as the memory layer.

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