Q: Can I run Kubernetes on OpenMetal bare metal servers? OpenMetal bare metal servers support Kubernetes directly on hardware with no hypervisor layer, using Talos, Flatcar, K3s, or upstream Kubernetes
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Q: What Proxmox reference architecture does OpenMetal recommend for bare metal servers? OpenMetal publishes a full Proxmox reference architecture for bare metal, developed with Wendell Wilson from Level1Techs, using a
At OpenMetal, every bare metal server is deployed with dual high-speed 10Gbps uplinks, providing a critical layer of both performance scalability and fault tolerance. To fully leverage these redundant connections, OpenMetal configures these uplinks as a bonded logical interface using Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).