<p>I'd say the minimal viable configuration to test and get a good overview of pod placement would be 5 machines, 2 masters and 3 nodes.<br>
This allows you to play with a master failure, placement of multiple pods "stretched" across the cluster, etc.</p>

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<p>For example, to play with Docker Swarm in a way which makes sense you need 2 or better 3 hosts, right?</p>

<p>What is that number for K8S?</p>

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This is a pretty cool way to get lots of cores running. . .
https://hackernoon.com/diy-kubernetes-cluster-with-x86-stick-pcs-b0b6b879f8a7?gi=1437dce18a5e
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What is a minimal viable number of hosts for an experimental Kubernetes cluster?
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# What is a minimal viable number of hosts for an experimental Kubernetes cluster?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-18)

For example, to play with Docker Swarm in a way which makes sense you need 2 or better 3 hosts, right?

What is that number for K8S?

**Tags:** kubernetes, infrastructure

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is a pretty cool way to get lots of cores running. . . https://hackernoon.com/diy-kubernetes-cluster-with-x86-stick-pcs-b0b6b879f8a7?gi=1437dce18a5e  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-09-18. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

I'd say the minimal viable configuration to test and get a good overview of pod placement would be 5 machines, 2 masters and 3 nodes.  
This allows you to play with a master failure, placement of multiple pods "stretched" across the cluster, etc.


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