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A ton of the value from k8s is in the programmatic and replicable configuration. 1 computer pets are still bad in a mom and pop shop. 1 computer livestock is

• throwaway894345 6y ago
  Not to mention everything you have to do to get a machine to parity with Kubernetes--set up SSH, process management, monitoring, logging, etc. I don't think I'd go so far as to say Kubernetes is the right tool for this use case, but I certainly empathize with the sentiment.
• kitotik 6y ago
  Is “1 computer livestock” even possible? After your single cattle is murdered, the next one has to be raised right? State has to come from somewhere. Downtime has a cost for most businesses.
  • bpodgursky 6y ago
    Downtime has cost. But being able to blow away a k8s node and bring it back up in 2 minutes (or have k8s auto-spawn a replacement node) is WAY faster than having to reinstall wordpress, reinstall nginx, set IP addresses, fiddle with your DNS, restore a database from a backup, etc, etc, etc.
  • aaomidi 6y ago
    In this case the state can come from a centrally managed k8s controller. Something that most cloud providers provide and have good SLAs on. Kubernetes just makes that story so much simpler. Heck a good cloud provider can just handle any machines fucking up automatically without any human intervention on your side. The same can't be said for a single machine.
• twelve40 6y ago
  so... for a small cluster then it's like aws beanstalk, right? rolling deployments, load balancing, etc. all for free.