🚀 TorresVault 2.0 — Planned Architecture & Upgrades
TorresVault 2.0 is the next major evolution of your home-lab ecosystem —
moving from “just a bunch of servers” to a fully unified, resilient, automated platform.
This page tracks planned upgrades, future architecture goals,
and the long-term roadmap for TorresVault.
🧱 Core Infrastructure Goals
• Full Mini-PC Proxmox Cluster
3 × mini-PC nodes (NVMe + 2.5GbE/10GbE capable)
Redundant cluster (no more single-points)
Future Kubernetes workload support
• NAS Upgrade (High-Capacity PVE NAS)
ASRock X570D4U-2L2T
Ryzen 7 5700G
16 × 6TB SAS drives
Dual LSI HBAs
Fractal Design Define 7 XL
Goal: Reliable, quiet, and long-lived storage backend
• 10GbE Backbone Expansion
Dual Intel X550 NICs
Remove legacy NIC issues
10GbE connection between NAS ↔ PVE cluster
• IPMI Everywhere
Remote KVM
Hardware monitoring
No more “walk to the server closet” moments
🧩 Virtualization & Compute
• Move Most Docker VMs → Kubernetes (Gradual Migration)
Services to migrate later:
Grafana/Prometheus
NPM (maybe, after stability)
n8n
Internal tools
• Keep Some Apps as VMs (Failure-Domain Isolation)
Home Assistant
Nextcloud
Jellyfin
Pi-hole pair
NPM (for now)
• GPU Node (Jarvis AI Box)
RTX 3060 or similar
Local LLMs (Ollama / vLLM)
Home Assistant Voice integration
TTS/STT (Whisper, Piper)
Long-term goal: Jarvis-style local assistant
🌐 Network Modernization
• TorresVault Network 2.0 Goals:
Fast Roaming WiFi
VLAN separation (IoT, Cameras, Trusted, Media, Servers)
DNS: Pi-hole VIP (already in place)
NPM reverse proxy clean-up
Tailnet/ZeroTier/Cloudflare Zero Trust (optional future)
• Add NUT UPS Network Shutdown
2 UPS units (Office + Network Closet)
rPDU-aware controlled shutdown
Protect cluster + NAS
🔧 Home Assistant Ecosystem Expansion
• Replace Echo devices with Home Assistant Voice
Office proof-of-concept → whole-home rollout
• BLE Room-Level Tracking (Pi Zero + ESPHome)
Track laptop bag, wallet, keys, badge
Car BLE tracker triggers TTS “forgot item” alerts
• Dashboard 2.0
Standardized template
Swipe navigation everywhere
Multi-tablet control stations (cameras, network, office control)
🎄 Torres Family Lights — 2025/2026 Goals
• Expand Pixel Show Hardware
Add snowflakes / new roofline sections
Add matrix extension or new props
Add second-year playlist rotation logic
New FPP automations
• FPP Integration Improvements
More robust status detection
Automated playlist recovery
WLED “notification mode” for show issues
📦 Storage & Data Goals
• ZFS Storage Pools
Finalize pool layout
Add metadata SSDs
Add striped slog/arc (optional)
• Centralized Backups
PBS node
Nightly snapshot rotation
Offsite sync (rclone → cloud?)
• File Services
Move family data → NAS
Move media storage → NAS
Photo management (Immich?)
Nextcloud cleanup
🧭 Long-Term Vision
TorresVault 2.0 is not just hardware —
it’s a self-healing, local-first, secure,
automation-driven smart-home + homelab platform.
Long-term direction includes:
Full Kubernetes cluster running on mini-PCs
Central monitoring stack (Grafana + Loki + Prometheus)
Event-driven workflows (n8n)
Local AI pipeline for voice + automations
Unified Home Assistant + Jarvis assistant
Central
DNS / Identity (SSO for family)
Disaster recovery + clean backup architecture
📋 Planned Components Checklist
Hardware (NAS)
[ ] ASRock X570D4U-2L2T
[ ] Ryzen 7 5700G
[ ] 32GB ECC (2×16, expandable)
[ ] be quiet! cooler
[ ] Fractal Define 7 XL
[ ] Corsair RM850x PSU
[ ] 16× SAS 6TB drives (have already)
[ ] 2× LSI HBA
[ ] Mini-SAS breakout cables
[ ] SAS-to-SATA power cables
[ ] PWM fan hub + fans
Networking
[ ] Dual Intel X550
[ ] UPS for network closet
[ ] UPS for office
[ ] NUT server on Pi
Home Assistant / Automation
[ ] HA Voice rollout
[ ] BLE room-tracking nodes
[ ] Car BLE presence + TTS
[ ] New dashboards (Upstairs / Outside)
Torres Family Lights
[ ] New props
[ ] Revised power injection plan
[ ] Playlist automation v2
[ ] WLED effects for show status
This page will evolve as TorresVault 2.0 planning continues.