So lately I’ve been dabbling in a lot of stuff that requires a lot of CPU compute, 0 GPU and can be basically linearly scaled across threads and nodes in a cluster. Now using only my own box is proving to be a bottleneck so I’ve been thinking of either using AWS spot instances or building my own mini-cluster (2-3 machines + switch) at home. Does it make sense to go cloud (even spot) when I would aim at high utilization? As for the potential node spec: – Ryzen 4500/5500 (seems best perf/$) – Some mATX AM4 mobo with integrated GPU – 2x8GB RAM – mATX case, the smaller the better. ITX seems pricier. All the box does is basically run the k8s pod(s). WDYT?
Story Published at: March 22, 2023 at 12:33PM
Story Published at: March 22, 2023 at 12:33PM