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IMO the Kubernetes is a "open source bait and switch" business model. 1. Let the potential customers run it for free 2. Wait for them to break their teeth on i
by high_5 7y ago
IMO the Kubernetes is a "open source bait and switch" business model.
1. Let the potential customers run it for free
2. Wait for them to break their teeth on it.
3. Offer them GKE.
4. Profit!!!
To me the whole situation about k8s is that people are running at it like lemming over the cliff: "Yes, k8s is complex and complicated (even as SaaS!!!), but it's still great!" As an "operator" this just goes beyond my comprehension of what good software looks like.
- nouney 7y agoGKE is free.
- llampx 7y agoGKE is the managed version of Kubernetes that Google Cloud offers. Definitely not free.
- moondev 7y agoFree as in you pay for your worker nodes, but nothing additional for operating the platform itself. You do lose control over your control plane nodes and etcd however.
- wodenokoto 7y agoYes, it’s free as long as you pay for it.
- jjeaff 7y agoNo, there is no extra charge for gke. You pay for the nodes you use and you pay the same price whether you are using just cloud compute or whether you run those same cloud compute nodes in a gke.
- tdxcbkifxx 7y agoMhmm, it's free if you pay for the all other stuff.
- nouney 7y agoLike everywhere else ...
- jacques_chester 7y ago> Free as in you pay for your worker nodes, but nothing additional for operating the platform itself. If you go to the GCP pricing calculator[0] and add one n1-standard-1 VM to GCE, it costs $24.27/month. Add one n1-standard-1 VM to a GKE cluster and you pay $38.27/month. There is a literal line item saying "Kubernetes Engine Cost: USD 14.00". It's not free. It's just billed under the worker. [0] https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/ https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/
- anderschen 7y agoIf you choose the standard engine edition, there is no additional Kubernetes Engine Cost.
- jacques_chester 7y agoI don't follow you. Edit: ah, I see my mistake. There's a dropdown that lists "Advanced", which apparently accounts for the $14 difference.