Went a slightly different angle - Rasp 4s aren't impressing anyone these days, but 3 of them make for a fine HA controlplane. Once you've got a stable HA controlplane its much easier to connect whatever hardware you have lying around

(Just don't use SD cards...use M10 optanes). Also...Talos not k3s.

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tehlike 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Instead of Rasp 4s, just get a dell optiplex micro, hp elitedesk, lenovo m920q etc - much more stable, quite low power, and can also use it as a true node, and comes with quick sync for video related tasks.

Install proxmox onto each, create talos VM(s) on each for kubernetes nodes, and you are off to races.

	▲	Havoc 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've got worker nodes on m920qs and proxmox VMs too for workers, but like the clean segregation of a HA control node group. I doubt it matter much either way tbh. K8S is inherently resilient. I did have the rasps on hand though...not sure I'd go and specifically buy them just to achieve said segregation.