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Proxmox is just a way to virtualize things. You need hardware to run it. So what hardware are you talking about?

vidarh 2y ago
Missing the point that you don't need to be able to spin up/down servers. You can just rent 2 and spin up/down containers.
- valenterry 2y ago
  > You can just rent 2 and spin up/down containers. Missing what point? You are apparently agreeing with me and disagreeing with the OP who said: "can run on a raspberry pi or mini PC".
  - vidarh 2y ago
    No, you most definitely can just spin up/down containers on a raspberry pi or mini PC as well. This is what I objected to: > And then, you probably want to do deployments in a way where you spin up 2 new machines and then, only once confirmed that the deployment works, shut down the old 2. You don't need to spin up more machines or shut down machines. As long as you ensure you have the headroom you spin up containers and shut down containers. By doing that, it's also relatively easy to set up hybrid setups where you can handle load-spikes by scaling into EC2 or similar if you should ever need to.
    - valenterry 2y ago
      > As long as you ensure you have the headroom you spin up containers and shut down containers. Are you very sure you are not introducing potential additional problems with that approach? Because if you do, then I wouldn't say it's "not needed" to spin more additional machines - it would depend on those additional problems.
      - vidarh 2y ago
        Yes, I am, very much sure of that, based on 20 years of experience deploying containers that way, and nearly the same length of experience using cloud instances. They are equivalent in complexity. It is purely down to how you want to host things and whether cost matters to you - the managed approach is consistently significantly cheaper for all but the very, very smallest environments where factors like discounts and free tiers play in.
freeone3000 2y ago
Literally any random x86 box you have lying around. NUCs work fine here, but so do used Optiplexes from Craigslist or your old gaming PC.

Missing the point that you don't need to be able to spin up/down servers. You can just rent 2 and spin up/down containers.

valenterry 2y ago
> You can just rent 2 and spin up/down containers. Missing what point? You are apparently agreeing with me and disagreeing with the OP who said: "can run on a raspberry pi or mini PC".
- vidarh 2y ago
  No, you most definitely can just spin up/down containers on a raspberry pi or mini PC as well. This is what I objected to: > And then, you probably want to do deployments in a way where you spin up 2 new machines and then, only once confirmed that the deployment works, shut down the old 2. You don't need to spin up more machines or shut down machines. As long as you ensure you have the headroom you spin up containers and shut down containers. By doing that, it's also relatively easy to set up hybrid setups where you can handle load-spikes by scaling into EC2 or similar if you should ever need to.
  - valenterry 2y ago
    > As long as you ensure you have the headroom you spin up containers and shut down containers. Are you very sure you are not introducing potential additional problems with that approach? Because if you do, then I wouldn't say it's "not needed" to spin more additional machines - it would depend on those additional problems.
    - vidarh 2y ago
      Yes, I am, very much sure of that, based on 20 years of experience deploying containers that way, and nearly the same length of experience using cloud instances. They are equivalent in complexity. It is purely down to how you want to host things and whether cost matters to you - the managed approach is consistently significantly cheaper for all but the very, very smallest environments where factors like discounts and free tiers play in.

freeone3000 2y ago

Literally any random x86 box you have lying around. NUCs work fine here, but so do used Optiplexes from Craigslist or your old gaming PC.