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StatefulSet is specifically designed for applications that require persistent storage and stable network identities. It's the ideal controller for stateful applications like databases, distributed file systems, and other workloads that need to save data to disk because:

• It provides stable, unique network identifiers for each Pod

• It ensures ordered, graceful deployment and scaling operations

• It maintains sticky identity for storage, allowing persistent volumes to be attached to specific Pods

• It handles stable, persistent storage that survives Pod rescheduling

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• Deployments manage stateless applications and don't maintain persistent identity or storage associations

• DaemonSets ensure a copy of a Pod runs on each node, but don't provide persistent storage guarantees

• ReplicaSets maintain a specified number of Pod replicas but are designed for stateless workloads