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0 pointslinkmotif8y ago0 comments

Docker isn't easy to install (see my OP). Kubernetes is probably more difficult to install, but it's not more expensive to use GKE than to roll your own Kubernetes elsewhere. And once you understand Kubernetes from a user perspecitve, it's easier to set up on your own.

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kuschku8y ago· 2 in thread

> it's not more expensive to use GKE than to roll your own Kubernetes elsewhere.

$13 per month per egress rule, bandwidth costs a factor of 100 more expensive than dedicated hosters, and costs for hardware 10x of what dedicated hosters offer.

I’m not sure what your definition of "more expensive" is, but compared to renting dedicated hardware (e.g., from Hetzner), or colocating, GKE is significantly more expensive.

Of course, if you’re on the scale of Spotify, you can get much better deals – but from what I see on https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/, it’s not cost-effective.

linkmotifOP8y ago

Maybe it’s my inexperience. I’ve not had to define egress rules yet. I run 1 preemptible n1-standard-2 node and pay for ancillary services. It’s $35-40/month.

kuschku8y ago

I have the equivalent of 2 n1-standard-4 nodes (a bit more performant, actually), rented as dedicated servers, for $30 a month. Including egress and bandwidth.

That’s why I disagreed with the "GKE isn’t more expensive".

flylib8y ago

"but it's not more expensive to use GKE than to roll your own Kubernetes elsewhere."

depends on what scale your at and the fact that your vendor locked, can't use GKE in other data centers

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