I currently run a Lenovo minipc and an rpi4 to host all of my homelab services, and I just purchased a new minipc with an 11th Gen i5 in order to better handle Plex and transcoding. I would also like to add Immich to my homelab. Here is a breakdown of my current state:
Lenovo Mini PC running Proxmox: Home Assistant OS VM Ubuntu VM running:
- Frigate
- Pi-hole
- Plex
- Arr Stack
- Transmission
- Has two ext HDs in a mergerfs configuration to host all media and onsite homelab backups.
RPi4:
- Wireguard VPN
- Pi-hole
I am going to install Proxmox on the new minipc, and setup both in a cluster. I would like to move Plex, Arrs, Transmission, and Immich to the new mini PC. Because of that I am thinking the external drives should be connected directly to the new minipc to maximize performance. I would also like to have the ability to share the external drives to any nodes in the cluster.
Do you have any recommendations on how to best setup these drives? Should I setup a TrueNAS VM on the new minipc and share to all others via NFS? Any other tips for my setup?
Unfortunately not, it applies to all clusters. A quorum requires at least 2 votes, which means 2 nodes. But if one node goes down, you only have 1 vote, and the cluster will go into read-only mode, which means you’ll lose the GUI and the ability to manage your nodes:
But if you have a device that will supply a vote in the event that one of the two votes is unavailable, the cluster will continue to function with a single node, which will allow you to use the normal Proxmox tools and interfaces to diagnose the problem, while also keeping any VMs on the single remaining node up and running (available).
Here is a Proxmox employee explaining it a bit more clearly than the official documentation:
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Wow thanks for that detailed explanation! Very helpful and I’ll be setting up an rpi as a device.