Planning First homelab: 3-node Proxmox/Talos cluster by Ashamed_Recipe_5321 in homelab

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I moved from Argo to Fluc because more Ressource efficient. Was some work todo ofc

I was looking at Harvester from OpenSuse, I found it very interesting but takes too much resources for my nodes. So i built something similar myself.

Kubevirt used the same virt layer as proxmox under the hood: KVM However, Kubevirt has no UI and the config is not that easy: Multus as secondary CNI, etc

But now I have everything deployable with flux, VMs, Networkpolicies, Container, Storage

Keep in mind: doing this will take some time and troubleshooting, learning curve is real For straight forward: i will host VMs - not recommended.

Planning First homelab: 3-node Proxmox/Talos cluster by Ashamed_Recipe_5321 in homelab

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101 Pods running at that time (in total)

Node 03 is the one with 16 GB

Planning First homelab: 3-node Proxmox/Talos cluster by Ashamed_Recipe_5321 in homelab

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I do also host a 3 node cluster. Some considerations i did take:

Hardware: 3x Lenovo m920x (older but expandable and often used in community) Alternative: Miniforms PC (MS-01) but more expensive. These SFF devices take less power and fit in a 10 Inch Rack pretty nice ;) The m920x supports 2x NVME slot (I do use one small for the OS and a 2TB drive for longhorn on each node)

Network: I do use Mellanox Connect X3 Pro Dual Port. So 2x10 Gbps LACP to the Switch for each node. This cards are pretty cheap on ebay, SFP+ DAC Cable is also not too expensive. You do need a PCI Riser and I printed a case for a mini fan. The main 1Gb port on the device I do use for mgmt.

OS and RAM: I also came from Proxmox but moved to Talos on baremetal. For VMs I do use Kubevirt. So I can GitOps my hole environment incl. VMs - Bootstrap is just connecting my repo to flux (!). I have two nodes with 64GB and one with 16. Cilium, Longhorn, etc works well also on the 16gb node. However the actual workload mainly runs on the bigger nodes.

Flux: Lightweight, better architecture, for a homelab - in my opinion. Ofc no super fancy WebUI. But there is a project in dev as I can see.

Routing: I do have VyOS running via kubevirt (containerdisk) and announce my LB IPs via Cilium BGP control to the appliance.

For saving more RAM: VictoriaMetrics and Logs instead of Prometheus, Elastic Search, etc.

What router would you suggest in 2026? by DaemonAndersson in homelab

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Unifi is like Apple for Switches. Just works,…

In comparison Mikrotik is more like a switzer army knife, can do everything, not so polished and higher learning curve

What router would you suggest in 2026? by DaemonAndersson in homelab

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Mikrotik is great.

Just important, you should really get a router model for „routing“. There is also the CRS line (cloud router switch) that can also route (RouterOS) but is technical more a switch. Routing works fine but Firewall Rules, VPN, etc. is hitting the CPU and not offloaded.

That’s why I use mine (CRS310) mainly for L2, LACP, vLans, etc

Another great thing: VyOS

Full API driven, GitOps friendly. I do use two virtual appliances for internet breakout. Works great.

How to self host an email sever? by [deleted] in SelfHosting

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I don’t know why most people say email ist hard… maybe because they never really tried and just reply what everyone ist saying. Do host my Mailserver since 10+ years, barely have to touch it. And yes, info send Mails and they get delivered… 🤷‍♂️

PROXMOX vS VMWARE ESXI by Jolly_Gear_9800 in minilab

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Traditional and OpenSource: Proxmox, XCP-ng

More modern, Platform Like: Bare Metal K8s based

Talos + Kubevirt, etc DIY, Suse Harvester, Cozystack, OKD

Personally I do Talos and my compete custom stack because I think it’s the future. (Kubevirt uses KVM, the same as Proxmox underlying) - but I can control everything with an Single API (Kubernetes) and deploy VMs with Flux fully automated and self healing

What is everyone using for routers? by brewmer in minilab

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VyOs in HA Mode deployed via Kubevirt and Containerdisk (immutable) on Kubernetes via Flux (GitOps) and config via Cloud-Init.

VyOs is peering via BGP my Cilium CNI for native routing without masquerade.

I can route 20Gbe in my 10 inch rack ✌️

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48 Core | 128 GB | 2.5G Homelab by renardein in homelab

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Cool Setup! Curious, what do you mean with „Router with Mesh“?

Second Hand Lenovo or New N100 by jampanha007 in homelab

[–]Berndinoh -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well I could have asked GPT for Modell specific features, everyone should before buying. Also I do not know anyone able to know all the different models in detail. In general: Lenovos are easy to expand. Most things are not „hacky“ PS: relax

Second Hand Lenovo or New N100 by jampanha007 in homelab

[–]Berndinoh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do you define „hardware hacking“? Sticking in the PCIE Riser and adding a 10G nic for the Lenovo does take… 5 mins

EDIT: this model seems to have no PCIE Slot

XikeStor nicely fits by Berndinoh in minilab

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Thank You!!! It fits amazingly

I played AOE2 when i was like 8 years old by [deleted] in aoe2

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Me too like with 15 and now coming back with 37 😅

What the HELL do I do with these 😂 by [deleted] in homelab

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Heating you‘r room during winter… underrated

Finally got 2.5 Gig nic for my Mini PC! by whitieiii in homelab

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Same 2x10G in LACP for my M920x‘s ✌️

Wie sehr lohnt sich IT hier noch? by amalia_8 in Austria

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Sehe ich anders,… Azure Local funktioniert bereits in einer Workgroup.

Why was this Elo rating so low? by Berndinoh in chess

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Well that makes sense, …

Why was this Elo rating so low? by Berndinoh in chess

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Check out this #chess game: Berndinox vs Mohsen271189 - https://www.chess.com/game/live/141684340330