Hardware Selection¶

Selecting the right hardware is crucial for a successful TAPPaaS deployment. This guide helps you size your infrastructure based on your requirements.

Design Process¶

Hardware selection follows these phases:

1. Problem Definition - Determine what operational challenges TAPPaaS should address
2. Infrastructure Sizing - Calculate compute and storage requirements
3. Hardware Procurement - Acquire equipment matching your calculations

Quick start¶

In order to simplify it we have two standard recommendations that can be used as a starting point

• Minimum config: Good for trying out TAPPaaS, potentially ok for a small home installation
• Redundant config: a good solid setup with mirrored disks, and High Availability capabilities with 3 compute nodes

Minimum config: Single Node Setup¶

For a basic TAPPaaS installation:

Disk and RAM can be adjusted based on expected data load.

If local AI models wil lbe used then add a GPU card to setup.

Redundant config: Multi-Node Cluster¶

For high availability and additional capacity we recommend a 3 node cluster setup

• Node 1: Primary node running Foundations stack
• Node 2: HA and AI node: Runs that AI stack and have the GPU card
• Node 3: Backup node, small machine with a large tankc1 for backup storage

The individual nodes are designed based on recommendation from "minimum configuration"

Consider using ECC memoriy for Node 1 and possible node 2. If high amount of storage is needed then consider using zfs raidz2 with traditional disk complemented with an SSD for cache

Resource Planning¶

Work in Progress

When planning resources, account for:

Foundation Services¶

Optional Stacks¶

Next Steps¶

Once you have selected your hardware:

1. Proceed to Preparation
2. Begin Foundation installation