---
id: pod-disruption-budget
title: Pod Disruption Budget
full-link: /docs/concepts/workloads/pods/disruptions/
date: 2019-02-12
short_description: >
 An object that limits the number of {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} of a replicated application, that are down simultaneously from voluntary disruptions.

aka:
 - PDB
related:
 - pod
 - container
tags:
 - operation
---

 A [Pod Disruption Budget](/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/disruptions/) allows an application owner to create an object for a replicated application, that ensures a certain number or percentage of Pods with an assigned label will not be voluntarily evicted at any point in time. PDBs cannot prevent an involuntary disruption, but will count against the budget.