TorresVault Documentation

This roadmap outlines the future direction of the entire TorresVault ecosystem, including virtualization, storage, networking, automation, AI integration, and home systems. It is a living document and expands as hardware evolves or new goals are defined.

TorresVault 2.0 is the next-generation, fully modernized home infrastructure stack built on:

• Highly reliable Proxmox cluster
• Dedicated hardware NAS
• Unified 10Gbps network backbone
• Fully automated Home Assistant ecosystem
• Local-first AI (Jarvis) integration
• Scalable Pixel Light Show platform
• A clean, organized, self-documenting TorresVault Documentation Wiki

The final goal: A resilient, enterprise-grade home-lab + smart-home + lighting-control platform supporting all family systems with minimal maintenance and maximum reliability.

Status: Planned for next build cycle

• ASRock Rack X570D4U
  • IPMI remote management (finally!)
  • Dual Intel X550 10GbE
  • ECC RAM support
  • Perfect for NAS + virtualization hybrid workloads

• AMD CPU Platform
  • Lower power usage than Intel
  • Better performance-per-watt
  • Strong virtualization capability

• Storage
  • 16 × 6 TB SAS enterprise drives
  • 2 × HBAs (LSI 9201-8i or flashed 9211 IT mode)
  • ZFS RAIDZ2 or RAIDZ1 depending on layout
  • NVMe SLOG + L2ARC options (future)

• Chassis
  • Fractal Design Define 7 XL
  • Heavy, silent, amazing cable management
  • “Showpiece” machine — hood-lift worthy

• Replace pve1 or become a dedicated NAS+Compute hybrid
• Move TrueNAS VM to dedicated hardware
• Containerize or virtualize high-IO apps on NVMe tiers
• Offload backup storage from the old 1TB drive farm

Status: Approved / Planned Change

The two MINISFORUM UM890 Pro units will replace the aging pve1 and pve2 hosts. This dramatically reduces power usage while increasing compute capacity.

• Node 1: UM890 Pro — 8-core Ryzen 9 class CPU, NVMe storage
• Node 2: UM890 Pro — identical hardware for matching performance
• Node 3 (optional later): Lightweight quorum node (Raspberry Pi 5 or small SFF PC)

• >80% reduction in power consumption compared to the i5-2500 & i5-4570 towers
• Modern PCIe/NVMe performance
• Faster virtualization, faster ZFS caching, better everything
• Far smaller footprint
• Less heat in the rack
• Perfect platform for running modern homelab workloads

• Both UM890 Pros run the main VM workloads
• The new NAS remains separate and provides storage via:
  • NFS
  • SMB
  • iSCSI (optional)
• PBS stays dedicated and is NOT backed up (as intended)

Kubernetes will NOT run as baremetal on the Mini PCs. Instead:

• Kubernetes runs as VMs inside Proxmox
• Ensures rollback capability
• Keeps Proxmox in control of snapshots, HA, backups
• Lets you migrate nodes easily
• Improves failure domain separation

A much cleaner, modern, low-power Proxmox cluster:

• High performance
• Highly efficient
• Easy to maintain
• More reliable than the current hardware
• Built for long-term scaling

Planned UniFi evolution:

• Add 10GbE aggregation for servers & NAS
• Replace or reposition switches for:
  • Cleaner rack layout
  • Better port distribution
• Define production VLANs:
  • `stark_user`
  • `stark_IOT`
  • `IOT+`
  • `Torres Family Lights`
  • Guest
  • Future: Management VLAN (for servers/switches)

• Add new UPS and integrate with NUT:
  • One UPS in Hall Closet → pve1 / new NAS
  • One UPS in Office → pve2 / Mini PCs
  • NUT central server on RPi
  • Auto-shutdown cascade for everything

You've already done incredible work on the dashboards. Next step is automation architecture.

• Full-room BLE-based presence detection (Pi Zero + ESPHome)
• Replace all Amazon Echo devices with Home Assistant Voice
• Expand WLED presence indicators (car, office, living room)
• Unified theme for all dashboards:
  • Downstairs
  • Upstairs
  • Outside
  • Settings
  • Sports
  • FPP Control

• Build a Home Assistant hardware diagram to document:
  • Sensors
  • Automations
  • ESP devices
  • BLE beacons
  • Zigbee network

• Move more automations from YAML → Blueprint → UI-friendly format

• GPU-accelerated local LLM (RTX 3060 or better)
• Voice-to-intent pipeline:
  • Piper TTS
  • FasterWhisper STT
  • HA Voice → Local AI → n8n → Automations
• All AI workloads local-first
• Create a TorresVault AI Architecture Diagram
• Build the Jarvis Manual (20–40 pages)
  • System design
  • Diagrams
  • API flows
  • “How it works”

• Dedicated Mini PC with GPU
• repurposed workstation tower
• Low-power yet GPU-capable solution

• Add new props:
  • Snowflakes
  • New rooflines
  • Revised matrix layout
• Expand WLED integration in Home Assistant:
  • Car checks
  • Notifications
  • Fault lighting
• Improve FPP integrations:
  • Start/Stop show from dashboard
  • Automated sequence rotation
  • Failure alerts
• New public-facing features on torresfamilylights.com:
  • Guest map
  • Better guestbook
  • Auto-published Facebook updates

• Larger mega-tree
• Cleaner pixel runs
• Higher-density props
• Full-home coordination

• Add Proxmox runbooks:
  • Restore VM
  • Backup strategy
  • Cluster networking
  • PBS troubleshooting
  • Disk replacement procedure
  • Migration workflow

• Add Home Assistant runbooks:
  • Motion lighting blueprint reference
  • BLE tracking devices list
  • Dashboard style reference

• Add network documentation:
  • VLAN layout
  • Subnet overview
  • DHCP mapping
  • WiFi AP map

• Git backup of all YAML
• Automated export of diagrams
• Auto-sync wiki → Git for versioning
• Inventory page for all hardware (rack, desk, office)

This roadmap evolves as TorresVault grows. Update it anytime hardware changes or new ideas come up!