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π TorresVault 2.0 β Planned Architecture & Upgrades
TorresVault 2.0 is the next major evolution of your home-lab ecosystem β moving from βjust a bunch of serversβ to a fully unified, resilient, automated platform.
This page tracks planned upgrades, future architecture goals, and the long-term roadmap for TorresVault.
π§± Core Infrastructure Goals
β’ Full Mini-PC Proxmox Cluster
- 3 Γ mini-PC nodes (NVMe + 2.5GbE/10GbE capable)
- Redundant cluster (no more single-points)
- Future Kubernetes workload support
β’ NAS Upgrade (High-Capacity PVE NAS)
- ASRock X570D4U-2L2T
- Ryzen 7 5700G
- 16 Γ 6TB SAS drives
- Dual LSI HBAs
- Fractal Design Define 7 XL
- Goal: Reliable, quiet, and long-lived storage backend
β’ 10GbE Backbone Expansion
- Dual Intel X550 NICs
- Remove legacy NIC issues
- 10GbE connection between NAS β PVE cluster
β’ IPMI Everywhere
- Remote KVM
- Hardware monitoring
- No more βwalk to the server closetβ moments
π§© Virtualization & Compute
β’ Move Most Docker VMs β Kubernetes (Gradual Migration) Services to migrate later:
- Grafana/Prometheus
- NPM (maybe, after stability)
- n8n
- Internal tools
β’ Keep Some Apps as VMs (Failure-Domain Isolation)
- Home Assistant
- Nextcloud
- Jellyfin
- Pi-hole pair
- NPM (for now)
β’ 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
π Network Modernization
β’ 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)
β’ Add NUT UPS Network Shutdown
- 2 UPS units (Office + Network Closet)
- rPDU-aware controlled shutdown
- Protect cluster + NAS
π§ Home Assistant Ecosystem Expansion
β’ Replace Echo devices with Home Assistant Voice
- Office proof-of-concept β whole-home rollout
β’ BLE Room-Level Tracking (Pi Zero + ESPHome)
- Track laptop bag, wallet, keys, badge
- Car BLE tracker triggers TTS βforgot itemβ alerts
β’ Dashboard 2.0
- Standardized template
- Swipe navigation everywhere
- Multi-tablet control stations (cameras, network, office control)
π Torres Family Lights β 2025/2026 Goals
β’ Expand Pixel Show Hardware
- Add snowflakes / new roofline sections
- Add matrix extension or new props
- Add second-year playlist rotation logic
- New FPP automations
β’ FPP Integration Improvements
- More robust status detection
- Automated playlist recovery
- WLED βnotification modeβ for show issues
π¦ Storage & Data Goals
β’ ZFS Storage Pools
- Finalize pool layout
- Add metadata SSDs
- Add striped slog/arc (optional)
β’ Centralized Backups
- PBS node
- Nightly snapshot rotation
- Offsite sync (rclone β cloud?)
β’ File Services
- Move family data β NAS
- Move media storage β NAS
- Photo management (Immich?)
- Nextcloud cleanup
π§ Long-Term Vision
TorresVault 2.0 is not just hardware β itβs 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
π Planned Components Checklist
Hardware (NAS)
- [ ] ASRock X570D4U-2L2T
- [ ] Ryzen 7 5700G
- [ ] 32GB ECC (2Γ16, expandable)
- [ ] be quiet! cooler
- [ ] Fractal Define 7 XL
- [ ] Corsair RM850x PSU
- [ ] 16Γ SAS 6TB drives (have already)
- [ ] 2Γ 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.
