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mrcharles 9c2882ea00 fix: Mermaid diagram syntax + deploy-tuning.sh path + fleet quick fixes
Mermaid diagrams fixed for Gitea rendering:
- Replaced all <br/> → <br> (86 tags across 4 docs)
- Replaced Unicode chars with ASCII (em dash, multiply, middle dot, star)
- Fixed invalid bidirectional dotted arrow in NETWORK-TOPOLOGY.md
  (<--. "..." .--> is not valid Mermaid; replaced with two -.-> arrows)
- Simplified node labels for cleaner rendering

Host fixes applied (live, not in repo — documented here for audit trail):
- SSH keys standardized to exactly 2 approved keys on all 7 hosts
  (removed host-generated RSA keys, added missing VP TechOps key to tsys9)
- Packages installed: iperf3 (tsys9), sysstat (tsys5), nvme-cli (tsys4/5),
  net-tools (tsys1/6/7)
- tsys4 tuning: rmem/wmem 16MB→128MB, netdev_max_backlog 5000→250000,
  tcp_max_syn_backlog 1024→2048, tuned profile→network-throughput
- tsys5: nconnect options added to storage.cfg (3 NFS stanzas patched;
  will apply on next Proxmox NFS remount/reboot)
- noatime applied to root fs on tsys4 + tsys5 (was only tsys5)
- tsys1 lldpd: installed but systemd/dbus issue prevents enabling
  ("Transport endpoint is not connected") — needs investigation/reboot

Bug fix: deploy-tuning.sh computed wrong script path (scripts/ vs
perf/scripts/) — fixed to use dirname/scripts/apply-tunings.sh

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Host Reference

One-page-per-host quick reference for every Proxmox node. Hardware, network, storage, role, and running VMs. Data gathered 2026-07-30.

Companion docs: NETWORK-TOPOLOGY.md, STORAGE-ARCHITECTURE.md, VM-INVENTORY.md.


Fleet summary

graph TB
    subgraph "RACK 5 -- Core / Data / Infra"
        T1["tsys1 -- Infra<br>i7-4770 | 32GB | 9 VMs<br>57% RAM"]
        T3["tsys3 -- Compute<br>Xeon E3-1535M v5 | 32GB | 1 VM<br>10% RAM"]
        T4["tsys4 -- Storage+PBS<br>Xeon E3-1246 v3 | 16GB | 1 VM<br>15% RAM"]
        T5["tsys5 -- Storage+Sandbox<br>Xeon E5620 | 96GB | 4 VMs<br>15% RAM"]
        T9["tsys9 -- Infra+Compute<br>i5-10500 | 24GB | 6 VMs<br>69% RAM"]
    end

    subgraph "RACK 3 -- Compute / RackRental"
        T6["tsys6 -- RackRental<br>2x Xeon E5530 | 126GB | 2 VMs<br>12% RAM"]
        T7["tsys7 -- RackRental<br>2x Xeon E5-2630 v2 | 189GB | 5 VMs<br>7% RAM"]
    end
Host CPU (era) Threads RAM PVE Kernel Role Running VMs RAM actual%
tsys1 i7-4770 Haswell (2013) 8 32 GB 9.2.5 7.0.14 Infra 9 57%
tsys3 Xeon E3-1535M v5 Skylake (2015) 8 32 GB 9.2.5 7.0.14 Compute 1 10%
tsys4 Xeon E3-1246 v3 Haswell (2013) 8 16 GB 9.1.5 6.17.9 Storage + PBS 1 15%
tsys5 Xeon E5620 Westmere (2010) 8 96 GB 9.2.5 7.0.14 Storage + Sandbox 4 15%
tsys6 2x Xeon E5530 Nehalem (2009) 16 126 GB 9.2.5 7.0.14 RackRental 2 12%
tsys7 2x Xeon E5-2630 v2 Ivy Bridge (2013) 24 189 GB 9.2.5 7.0.14 RackRental 5 7%
tsys9 i5-10500 Comet Lake (2020) 12 24 GB 9.2.5 7.0.14 Infra + Compute 6 69%

Retired: tsys2 (Win10, pending rebuild), tsys8 (permanently retired)


pfv-tsys1 -- Infrastructure host

Attribute Value
Role Infrastructure: Home Assistant, CA, netinfra-01, LibreNMS, PDM, k8s cnode3, UCS-01, kali, workbench
Hardware Dell, i7-4770 Haswell (2013), 8 threads, 32 GB RAM (maxed)
PVE 9.2.5 / kernel 7.0.14-6-pve
mgmt IP 192.168.3.11 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Tailscale 100.121.189.98
Storage IP 10.100.100.1 (datanet via nic1, USB dongle, no bond)
NFS mounts S1, S2, S3, S4, D2 (all nconnect=4)
Local storage local-lvm (~90 GB, HDD, marginal)
Tuning governor=performance, swappiness=10, bbr, rmem/wmem=128MB, tuned=virtual-host
Bond None (single USB NIC for storage)
Special services NUT (UPS), powerman (PDU)
Running VMs 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 114, 117

pfv-tsys3 -- Compute host

Attribute Value
Role Compute: k8s wnode-tsys3 (28 GB RAM, 8 vCPU)
Hardware Xeon E3-1535M v5 Skylake (2015), 8 threads, 32 GB RAM
PVE 9.2.5 / kernel 7.0.14-6-pve
mgmt IP 192.168.2.5 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Storage IP 10.100.100.3 (datanet via enx USB dongle, no bond)
NFS mounts D2, D5, S2, S4, T5-SSD (all nconnect=4)
Local storage local-lvm (Samsung PM961 NVMe, 349 GB, 0% used) -- best existing local storage
Tuning governor=performance, swappiness=10, bbr, rmem/wmem=128MB, tuned=virtual-host
Bond None (single USB NIC for storage)
Running VMs 313

pfv-tsys4 -- Storage server + PBS

Attribute Value
Role NFS storage server (D1/D2/D3/D5) + Proxmox Backup Server + console management (conman/ser2net)
Hardware Xeon E3-1246 v3 Haswell (2013), 8 threads, 16 GB RAM
PVE 9.1.5 / kernel 6.17.9-1-pve (BEHIND fleet)
mgmt IP 192.168.3.251 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Tailscale 100.70.77.93
Storage IP 10.100.100.4 (datanet via enx8cae4ccda926 USB dongle, bond0 with 1 slave)
NFS mounts None (NFS server only)
Local storage local-lvm (WDC WD10EZRX 1TB, ~62 GB free)
NFS exports D1 (WD 1TB USB), D2 (WDC Red 3TB), D3 (Seagate 500GB USB), D5 (Hitachi 2TB)
Other disks /mnt/albert (Hitachi 2TB, not exported), /mnt/backup (WD 5TB USB)
Tuning governor=performance, swappiness=1, bbr, rmem/wmem=16MB (should be 128MB), tuned=throughput-performance (should be network-throughput)
Bond bond0 (1 USB slave), hash=layer2+3
Special services ser2net + conman (7 switch consoles on :7890)
Running VMs 400 (PBS)
Notes USB NIC bottleneck. Needs PVE upgrade + tuning alignment.

pfv-tsys5 -- Storage server + sandboxes

Attribute Value
Role NFS storage server (S1/S2) + sectestbed sandboxes + ultix streaming
Hardware Dell T7500, Xeon E5620 Westmere (2010) single CPU (CPU2 socket empty), 8 threads, 96 GB RAM
PVE 9.2.5 / kernel 7.0.14-6-pve
mgmt IP 192.168.3.179 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Storage IP 10.100.100.5 (storagenet via bond0, 1 of 2 slaves active -- nic2 DOWN)
NFS mounts D2, D3, D5 from tsys4 (missing nconnect)
NFS exports S1 (IronWolf 1TB), S2 (IronWolf 1TB), S3 (stale), SSD (Samsung 860 PRO)
Local storage local-lvm (Hitachi 2TB), local-nonprod (=S1), SSD dir (Samsung 860 PRO 256GB)
Unconfigured disks NVMe CT500P1 500GB (not mounted), SK hynix SC300B 512GB SSD (not mounted)
Tuning governor=N/A (no cpufreq driver on Westmere), swappiness=1, bbr, rmem/wmem=128MB, tuned=network-throughput
Bond bond0 (1 of 2 slaves), hash=layer2+3
Running VMs 509, 515, 5111, 5112 (+ 22 stopped sandboxes)
Notes Bond degraded (needs 2nd cable). NVMe + SSD need mounting/config. SSD 93% full. Single CPU.

pfv-tsys6 -- RackRental host

Attribute Value
Role RackRental: k8s wnode-tsys6 (64 GB RAM) + AWX
Hardware 2x Xeon E5530 Nehalem (2009), 16 threads, 126 GB RAM
PVE 9.2.5 / kernel 7.0.14-6-pve
mgmt IP 192.168.3.169 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Tailscale 100.73.35.111
Storage IP 10.100.100.6 (storagenet via bond0, 2 of 2 slaves active, 2G LACP)
NFS mounts D1, D2, D3, D5, S1, S2, S3, S4, T5-SSD (9 mounts, all nconnect=4)
Local storage local-lvm (WD My Passport USB 2.0 HDD, 1.7 TB, 30 MB/s -- do not use for VMs)
Tuning governor=performance, swappiness=10, bbr, rmem/wmem=128MB, tuned=virtual-host
Bond bond0 (2 of 2 slaves), hash=layer3+4 (correct)
Running VMs 100 (wnode-tsys6, 64GB), 600 (tsys-awx)
Notes Best storage bond in fleet (2G LACP). Local storage is USB 2.0 -- unusable for scratch.

pfv-tsys7 -- RackRental host

Attribute Value
Role RackRental: k8s wnode-tsys7 + hfnoc-uisp + rr-middleware + TCTC + k8s cnode2
Hardware 2x Xeon E5-2630 v2 Ivy Bridge (2013), 24 threads, 189 GB RAM
PVE 9.2.5 / kernel 7.0.14-6-pve
mgmt IP 192.168.3.55 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Storage IP 10.100.100.7 (datanet via bond0, 2 of 2 slaves active, 2G LACP)
NFS mounts D1, D2, D3, D5, S1, S2, S3, S4, T5-SSD (9 mounts, all nconnect=4)
Local storage local-lvm (WD portable USB 2.0 HDD, 1.7 TB, 30 MB/s -- do not use for VMs)
Tuning governor=performance, swappiness=10, bbr, rmem/wmem=128MB, tuned=virtual-host
Bond bond0 (2 of 2 slaves), hash=layer3+4 (correct)
Running VMs 701, 702, 703, 704, 705
Notes Best storage bond in fleet (2G LACP). Most RAM in fleet (189 GB). Local storage USB 2.0.

pfv-tsys9 -- Infra + Compute

Attribute Value
Role Infra + Compute: k8s cnode1 + wnode-tsys9 + siem + UCS-02 + netinfra-02 + kali
Hardware i5-10500 Comet Lake (2020), 12 threads, 24 GB RAM
PVE 9.2.5 / kernel 7.0.14-6-pve
mgmt IP 192.168.3.58 (vmbr0, DHCP)
Storage IP 10.100.100.9 (datanet via enx9c69d36a5b6c USB dongle, no bond)
NFS mounts D2, D5, S2, S3, S4, T5-SSD (all nconnect=4)
Local storage local-lvm (PNY CS900 SSD, 136 GB, 0% used) -- excellent for scratch
Tuning governor=performance, swappiness=10, bbr, rmem/wmem=128MB, tuned=virtual-host
Bond None (single USB NIC for storage)
Running VMs 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906
Notes Newest CPU (best IPC in fleet). 69% RAM -- approaching 80% goal. Target for compute growth (after siem migrates off).