Currently, here’s what I’m running:
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)
pve-ed-c1
1x HP EliteDesk Pro 800 G1
i7-4790
8GB (soon to be 32GB)
pve-ed-c2/pve-ed-c3
2x HP EliteDesk Pro 800 G1
i5-4570
1 8GB, 1 4GB (both soon to be 32GB)
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.
I don’t see why you’d want separate clusters, just stick em all in one.
Are all nodes dedicated to labbing or do you have some HomeProd services running as well?
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…
I see no problem putting all the machines into a single cluster. By the way, what are you using for shared storage?
TrueNAS box