Hello selfhosted !

I had a thought I’d like to share with you.

I currently have a motherboard that was used to game and that i would like to reuse.

I thought of 2 ways to use it:

  • as a NAS
  • as a Steam stream server (i have a graphic card around too)

I also have other computers running Kubernetes (2 nodes)

My question is should i go Kubernetes for this on too, or on another path ?

Thanks

    • joejoefashosho@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, if it was a gaming PC it would have no problem doing Nas and steam. I wouldn’t bother with kubernetes or docker though. Just use Linux, no need for containers.

      • Burn1ngBull3t@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Would have been cool to add yet another machine to the cluster, especially if i could use the NAS for the kube VolumeClaims. 🤔

        • appel@whiskers.bim.boatsEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          I would definitely still go with containers, running baremetal is less secure, more fiddly and less reproducible

          • Burn1ngBull3t@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            I think you are right indeed, i had the idea to maybe use the GC for AI stuff and play with it. I would probably go with kube and add the NAS in longhorn (that i already set up)

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        English
        2·
        9 months ago

        Just use Linux, no need for containers.

        Depends heavily on the use case. You can’t just rule out a full technology without a proper reason/justificiation beyond “Container bad”.

        • vector_zero@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Agreed, for me containers are really nice for playing with new software without dirtying my host install.

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            English
            1·
            9 months ago

            Definitely. Just the headache alone of python 3.x here and php version x there and oh boy hope they don’t clash is so annoying.

            For a simple webhost it makes sense to install bare metal if it doesnt have to scale anyway.
            If I need 2 different db versions on the same host for different application stacks it is so easy to just insert a new program.

  • Willdrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    With a gpu in the mix, it could be used as an htpc/console and also work as a nas/media server with transcoding.