home lab 2 node minicluster

[pindaroli]

I am installing, just for fun, a mini proxmox cluster of 2 node,

1. node hosts opnsense vm and 6 nics
2. node hosts TrueNas VM and 2 nics

the question is how to use the 2 nic of node 2). I can:

1. Use it to make talking proxmox cluster (a different net is need?) as raccomened for avoiding partitioned cluster
2. Bind the second nic to the first to make a 5gb connection (shared by truenas and proxmox)

the 1) solution look more overkilling for my very ridiculos home net but i doesnt´have any experience of cluster

Which is your opinion?
Thanks Olindo

 

[louie1961]

I guess it depends on your network gear, but I would do a LAGG/LACP connections to the switch on both Proxmox nodes to allow parallel network traffic

 

[pindaroli]

I guess it depends on your network gear, but I would do a LAGG/LACP connections to the switch on both Proxmox nodes to allow parallel network traffic

Is possible without switch?

 

[louie1961]

Is possible without switch?

Probably not, because without the switch, if you occupy both physical network ports on the node with TrueNAS, how would you access the web gui on that node? or even the webgui for TrueNAS? You would have to do some kind of routing in the other node, which seems like it might be more trouble than its worth.

 

[pindaroli]

there is a solution, true nas is hosted on other proxmox, so i can setup beetwen the 2 proxmox and pass it by a vmbr to Truenas? what do yoi think a this solution?