Low Power Cluster - Small, Efficient, BUT Powerful!

I built a lower power, efficient, and near silent server cluster! Although this cluster is small and efficient, it's still powerful enough to run a high availability Kubernetes cluster with many services running in High Availability mode! There are so many options with running a small cluster like this, the possibilities are endless!

A HUGE thanks to Datree for sponsoring this video!
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See the kit here:
https://kit.co/TechnoTim/efficient-low-power-powerful-virtualization-server

Want to set these up with Proxmox? No problem!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoObI3L9xNA

Looking to se up a cluster yourself? Check out the video and the docs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbkEWcUZ7zM

Thanks (Red Shirt) Jeff Geerling for the clip!
https://www.youtube.com/@UCR-DXc1voovS8nhAvccRZhg

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00:00 - How to Build a Low Power Cluster
00:18 - Hardware Specs
01:20 - Rack Mounting Intel NUCs
02:17 - Remote Control & Power Control
02:58 - Provisioning the Cluster
03:28 - Why Kubernetes?
03:39 - Automated Install of Kubernetes
04:20 - Kubernetes Policy Management (Today's Sponsor, Datree)
05:46 - Installing a High Availability Kubernetes Cluster
06:51 - Testing High Availability with NGINX
08:57 - Introducing Chaos
10:04 - What Can We Do with a Cluster?
10:35 - How Much Power Does This Cluster Used?
11:20 - What Do I think of a Low Power but Powerful Cluster?

Thank you for watching!