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> This setup is not trully highly available. The whole cluster depends on the Synology as data storage. You could improve this further by replacing the centrali

> This setup is not trully highly available. The whole cluster depends on the Synology as data storage. You could improve this further by replacing the centralized NAS with a distributed solution. But besides that the cluster is very solid and scalable I understand that my local harddrive with excel spreadsheets detailing my entire business along side critical software is not the best place to store the lifeblood of my company, but throwing in the complexity of k8s in there and STILL not addressing the problem seems to be completely besides the point. Digital Ocean managed k8s starts at $30 a month. Use that if you really want to pile on more stress running a company.

verdverm 6y ago
GKE can be under that for a single node, a real setup starts at a few hundred dollars no matter where you are. I find it amusing I spend more on Kates than cars
shrumm 6y ago
exactly, this makes absolutely no sense for a small business. Managed DO / GKE is a much better idea, maintaining K8's is the last thing a small business should focus on.
toadi 6y ago
Was thinking the same. When I look at infrastructure I look at SPOF. This has such a glaring one that I think why go through this ordeal? Even managing later and trouble shooting it will be such a pain in the but...
guywhocodes 6y ago
I've been running DO k8s for about a year, works great. But in reality, you won't be paying $30. The node size that gives you is tiny and almost any setup will be a few hundred per month. This is assuming you have some kind of staging environments, probably some demo, all of these come with at least one database instance. Maybe it's not something as memory polite as PostgreSQL. Etc etc, real-world setups tend use a bit of hardware. If I wanted to save money, time and sleep I would deploy a production cluster to DO. Set up an office k8s cluster on local hardware for staging and I would host my own testing there. If it goes down I would deploy it temporarily in DO.
ClumsyPilot 6y ago
As long as you have enabled backups, this is a fairly reasonable solution. And on a 'Product' NAS like Synology backup is fist-class, 1-click solution.

verdverm 6y ago

GKE can be under that for a single node, a real setup starts at a few hundred dollars no matter where you are. I find it amusing I spend more on Kates than cars

shrumm 6y ago

exactly, this makes absolutely no sense for a small business. Managed DO / GKE is a much better idea, maintaining K8's is the last thing a small business should focus on.

toadi 6y ago

Was thinking the same. When I look at infrastructure I look at SPOF. This has such a glaring one that I think why go through this ordeal? Even managing later and trouble shooting it will be such a pain in the but...

guywhocodes 6y ago

I've been running DO k8s for about a year, works great. But in reality, you won't be paying $30. The node size that gives you is tiny and almost any setup will be a few hundred per month. This is assuming you have some kind of staging environments, probably some demo, all of these come with at least one database instance. Maybe it's not something as memory polite as PostgreSQL. Etc etc, real-world setups tend use a bit of hardware. If I wanted to save money, time and sleep I would deploy a production cluster to DO. Set up an office k8s cluster on local hardware for staging and I would host my own testing there. If it goes down I would deploy it temporarily in DO.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago

As long as you have enabled backups, this is a fairly reasonable solution. And on a 'Product' NAS like Synology backup is fist-class, 1-click solution.