Production
Proxmox Astronomy Lab
Enterprise-grade astronomical computing platform documentation
Overview
The infrastructure foundation for all research workloads. Documents the 7-node Proxmox cluster, VM inventory, network architecture, and automation patterns. This is the platform that enables reproducible, scalable research across all projects.
What Makes This Unique
- Enterprise-Grade, Research-Scale: Institutional-level capabilities with full documentation
- Hybrid Architecture: RKE2 Kubernetes for dynamic workloads + strategic VMs for databases
- Production Workloads: Real DESI analysis producing real research outputs
- Documentation Excellence: CIS Controls compliance, systematic knowledge management
Platform Capabilities
- 174 vCPUs allocated across 35+ VMs
- PostgreSQL clusters with 30GB+ DESI data
- Ray distributed computing on RKE2
- RTX A4000 GPU acceleration
- Enterprise security (Azure AD, Zero Trust)
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Status: Production