Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes

Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by MuffinFlavored on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:05PM (#19843222)

> A “starter pack” 15amp cabinet with a gigabit connection can be rented for as little as $400 per month.

Link?...

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by snuxoll on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:35PM (#19843552)

https://he.net/colocation.html

Can't speak about the power given on their $400/mo cabinet deal.

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by mlrtime on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:07PM (#19843257)

Yeah, this isn't possible for a entire rack, maybe 1U if it includes network and power if it is in any decent datacenter.

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by MuffinFlavored on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:12PM (#19843315)

How much would a 48U rack like described in the article cost a month? I would guess in the thousands if not ten thousands....

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by mlrtime on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:29PM (#19843502)

It mostly goes by power not rack units, if you have 48U and only 15amps, you're not going to fill it up. 15A is not a lot.

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by snuxoll on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:37PM (#19843582)

15A is more than you think these days, still probably need more for a full rack but a modern server can draw around 150W under full load these days. Hell, my entire rack at home hangs around ~.3A during normal usage (2x Dell R210 II's, Dell R320, Dell R520, Lenovo SA120 with 4 bays filled, Juniper EX2200-48T, Mikrotik CRS317).

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by darkwater on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @04:46AM (#19847595)

Can I ask you what do you use all those servers for? Looks like a not-so-small office rack config

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by snuxoll on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @02:09PM (#19851930)

FreeNAS for media and VM storage on the R320+SA120.

The R520 runs Proxmox and hosts whatever stuff I’m playing with at any given time along with Kubernetes, FreeIPA, Graylog2, probably my mailserver again soon, etc.

One R210 II runs Sophos XG to handle router+security duties, the other runs Windows Server Essentials 2016 for AD and NPS.

The CRS317 switch provides 10Gb networking for storage on a couple of servers, and everything else is connected to the EX2200.

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by MuffinFlavored on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:31PM (#19843512)

So, $400/mo is overkill power wise. What would the bandwidth bill look like? How much of an up front investment is it to buy 48U worth of hardware? Seems expensive...

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by dk- on Monday May 06, 2019 @05:27PM (#19844058)

I'm spending $375/mo for 8U, 12A, and 300mbit unlimited (3 x 100mbit bonded). The 8U gives me a GBe private network, 120 cores or so, 350GB RAM, and 20TB or so of storage.

The servers cost me $1200-$2200 each and I would buy a new one every quarter until I got to where I am today. I haven't added new hardware for almost 2 years, but its more than capable of handling my workloads (mostly web apps, lots of servers satisfying sql,ldap,etc dependencies). I burst (and failover) to all the clouds today.

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Re:Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes by ShakataGaNai on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:32PM (#19843530)

He.net

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