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Rolling Deployment vs Blue Green Deployment

Developers should use rolling deployment in production environments where high availability is critical, such as for web applications, APIs, or microservices that cannot afford extended outages meets developers should use blue green deployment when they need to minimize downtime and risk during software releases, especially for critical applications like e-commerce sites or financial services. Here's our take.

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Rolling Deployment

Developers should use rolling deployment in production environments where high availability is critical, such as for web applications, APIs, or microservices that cannot afford extended outages

Rolling Deployment

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Developers should use rolling deployment in production environments where high availability is critical, such as for web applications, APIs, or microservices that cannot afford extended outages

Pros

  • +It is particularly useful in cloud-based or containerized setups (e
  • +Related to: continuous-deployment, blue-green-deployment

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Blue Green Deployment

Developers should use Blue Green Deployment when they need to minimize downtime and risk during software releases, especially for critical applications like e-commerce sites or financial services

Pros

  • +It's ideal for continuous delivery pipelines, enabling safe testing of new versions in a production-like setting before cutting over traffic, and providing an instant fallback if issues arise
  • +Related to: continuous-deployment, canary-deployment

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Rolling Deployment if: You want it is particularly useful in cloud-based or containerized setups (e and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Blue Green Deployment if: You prioritize it's ideal for continuous delivery pipelines, enabling safe testing of new versions in a production-like setting before cutting over traffic, and providing an instant fallback if issues arise over what Rolling Deployment offers.

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The Bottom Line
Rolling Deployment wins

Developers should use rolling deployment in production environments where high availability is critical, such as for web applications, APIs, or microservices that cannot afford extended outages

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