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Yet More Network Upgrades

Since the last network update post, I have added a couple of additional items to my office rack. I moved the Unifi US-XG-16 switch from the garage to the office and removed the Unifi USW-Flex-XG switch – this will move out to the garage when I finally configure the new storage server. The Home Assistant…

My Next Cluster – Node Assembly

The parts for the new cluster nodes came from a number of suppliers, including Ebay, Amazon and CEX. Below is a picture showing all of the parts for a single node: First the Dell m920q tiny server needs to be opened and then a number of parts removed Disk caddy and SATA cable removed Front…

My Next Cluster – Design

My current Kubernetes (K3s) cluster consists of 12 nodes: 3 x Dell M92p Tiny control nodes, each with an Intel i5-3470T 2.90GHz (2/4) CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD 9 x Dell M92p Tiny worker nodes each with an Intel i5-3470T 2.90GHz (2/4) CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD I am…