This repo is archived as the official release already fixed the issue.
This repository contains Dockerfile to build docker image compatible with projects listed below. It is based on original work of people mentioned on the sites below - with my modifications and aditions. It can be easily modified for standalone rethinkdb setup without K8S.
https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/rethinkdb
https://hub.helm.sh/charts/stable/rethinkdb
This image is capable of running rethinkdb on up to 256 CPUs, official rethinkdb binary crashes on 127+ CPU.
See my issue on gitlab for more info: