Currently, here’s what I’m running:

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pve-cluster

2x Dell OptiPlex 3020

i5-4570

4GB ea. (soon to be 16GB)

1x Dell OptiPlex 9020

i5-4570

4GB (soon to be 32GB)

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pve-ed-c1

1x HP EliteDesk Pro 800 G1

i7-4790

8GB (soon to be 32GB)

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pve-ed-c2/pve-ed-c3

2x HP EliteDesk Pro 800 G1

i5-4570

1 8GB, 1 4GB (both soon to be 32GB)

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My primary question here is should I keep the models seperated and make a secondary cluster, or group them all together? Or is there an even better option in my situation?

I’m sure it isn’t all too important but I still would like some opinions.

  • Raithmir@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I don’t see why you’d want separate clusters, just stick em all in one.

  • SirLagz@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Are all nodes dedicated to labbing or do you have some HomeProd services running as well?

  • Armando_Reis_@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    One thing to keep in mind with clusters is quorum. You need “half the nodes +1” up and running for the cluster to operate normally. Having isolated servers circumvents this.

    I ran into this when I built a test cluster with 5 nodes. Found out I needed at least 3 nodes powered on to do anything. I now have a 2 node cluster (with my laptop running a qdevice for quorum) and 2 isolated nodes. Translates into some decent power savings…

  • Pvt-Snafu@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I see no problem putting all the machines into a single cluster. By the way, what are you using for shared storage?