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Time to upgrade the #Homelab: adding a third #Proxmox host and replacing a CPU of one node.

I'd love to get another 1 TB SSD - but those prices..  

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Feb 22 at 12:05pmWeb
Show threadHeiko DoesFeb 22
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32 GB of ram?! Who can afford this nowadays? 😅
Show threadstdevelFeb 22
@Nekator Had them laying around luckily. Bought 4x 16 GB ~2y ago and upgraded two nodes to 2x32 GB each last year.
Show threadHeiko DoesFeb 22
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Pretty jealous. Regularly checking prices and waiting for prices which fit into my budget.🙈
Show threadstdevelFeb 22
@Nekator Can relate. If I knew that prices would go _that_ crazy last year, I'd bought another kit..
Show threaddiesUndDasMitTassen 🇺🇦Feb 22

@stdevel: prices are crazy, I wanted to buy a new machine and upgrade it with 64GB DDR5 5600 memory, but the prices are outrageous, so I bought an older model with 64GB DDR5 4800 memory included

btw: have you worked on the usb port with the soldering iron, or tried to beat an HDMI cable into it in the dark? 😉

Show threadstdevelFeb 22

@Andreas_Sturm This. Also thought about replacing the machines with a newer mini barebone. But having a look at the DDR5 prices: nay, not gonna happen :D

I bought this machine used on eBay for a fair price. To maybe the previous owner did? :D

Show threadjoshuaFeb 22

Which model of lenovos are you running?

I also came across this yesterday for Proxmox if you haven't seen it yet:
https://github.com/PegaProx/project-pegaprox

GitHub - PegaProx/project-pegaprox: The ultimate datacenter management solution for Proxmox VE. Unified multi-cluster control, intelligent load balancing, and seamless cross-cluster VM migrations — all in one beautiful interface.

The ultimate datacenter management solution for Proxmox VE. Unified multi-cluster control, intelligent load balancing, and seamless cross-cluster VM migrations — all in one beautiful interface. - P...

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Show threadstdevelFeb 22

@joshuasmith I’ve got three M910q with the i5-7500T and 32 and 64 GB of memory.

Haven’t heard about PegaProx, yet - thanks for sharing. Reminds me on the official #Proxmox Datacenter Manager: https://github.com/proxmox/proxmox-datacenter-manager

Do you also know that one? How would you compare them?

Show threadjoshuaFeb 22

Nice! I have a handful of retired M715q and M710q but need to dig through them to see if I can part and add some RAM to my lab tiny's.

I'm actually only running XCP-ng in the lab so I have not played with that or Proxmox much myself!

Show threadgyptazyFeb 22
@[email protected] @[email protected] a few days before PegaProx got released I wrote some insights about it here (also comparing with PDCM): https://gyptazy.com/blog/pegaprox-real-datacenter-manager-proxmox-clusters/

Maybe it helps :) if you have any questions, let me know!

Edit: Btw, at the next virtualization gathering at @[email protected] I’ll provide a talk about #PegaProx, #ProxmoxDatacenterManager and slightly introduce https://proxpatch.de (#ProxPatch) for #Proxmox 🙂 if you’re nearby, feel free to join - it’s free!
PegaProx Explained: A Real Datacenter Manager for Proxmox Clusters

Unified enterprise management for Proxmox VE with multi-cluster control, VM balancing, live migration, and centralized monitoring.

Show threadAdamFeb 22
@joshuasmith I ran across that recently as well, had a little play and whilst it’s got a lot of potential it’s not quite there yet. Definitely going to be keeping an eye on it though.
Show threadjoshuaFeb 22
Good to know it's got some potential! I don't currently run Proxmox on anything but might spin it up just to give it a whirl.
Show threadtuxfloFeb 23
@stdevel so everything in a separate VM, no LXCs? Is this for educational reasons?
Show threadstdevelFeb 24

@tuxflo I don’t use LXC, but for no specific reasons. I remember having some issues with various applications (e.g. Podman) when I tried it a couple of years ago so I went pack to VMs.

It’s a three node cluster with something around 20 VMs. Some of them host services that I use (Ansible, paperless-ngx, Forgejo Actions) and some are running infrastructure things (DNS, authentication, etc.)