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== Drain Cleaner
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A utility installed as a separate component that ensures safe pod evictions during rolling updates to prevent data loss or downtime.

For more information, see link:{BookURLDeploying}#assembly-drain-cleaner-str[Evicting pods with the Strimzi Drain Cleaner^].