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A Comparative Analysis of K3s, MicroK8s, and Alternatives
In the evolving landscape of container orchestration, small businesses leveraging Hetzner Cloud face critical decisions when selecting a Kubernetes deployment strategy. This analysis evaluates four prominent options—k3s, MicroK8s, Minikube, and Docker Swarm—through the lens of production readiness, operational complexity, and cost efficiency.
In the evolving landscape of container orchestration, small businesses leveraging Hetzner Cloud face critical decisions when selecting a Kubernetes deployment strategy. Performance benchmarks show k3s clusters on Hetzner achieve 98th percentile API response times under 150ms with 20 worker nodes[7], demonstrating production-grade capability. k3s implements Kubernetes RBAC with integrated Service Account Token Volume Projection[4], whereas Docker Swarm relies on client certificate authentication lacking granular role definitions[7].
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