--- title: "High availability doesn't require matching servers — my three different mini PCs proved it works anyway" url: https://daily.dev/posts/high-availability-doesn-t-require-matching-servers-my-three-different-mini-pcs-proved-it-works-any-1li0vlh4s source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/high-availability-doesnt-require-matching-servers-different-mini-pcs-proved-works type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-12T13:03:01.183Z updated: 2026-05-12T13:03:28.162Z tags: ["infrastructure", "self-hosting", "homelab", "proxmox"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # High availability doesn't require matching servers — my three different mini PCs proved it works anyway **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Running a Proxmox high availability cluster doesn't require identical hardware. Using three mismatched mini PCs, the author demonstrates that HA failover works as long as workloads are sized for the weakest node, storage is handled deliberately, and networking is consistent. The key tradeoffs are increased mental overhead for capacity planning and variable post-failover performance. The takeaway: mixed hardware clusters are viable for home labs when expectations are realistic and configurations are tested. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [High-availability is overkill for the average Proxmox home lab, and chasing it is how people wreck their setup](https://daily.dev/posts/high-availability-is-overkill-for-the-average-proxmox-home-lab-and-chasing-it-is-how-people-wreck-t-exmqpt0w5) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I moved everything to Proxmox and learned that fewer boxes doesn't mean more reliable](https://daily.dev/posts/i-moved-everything-to-proxmox-and-learned-that-fewer-boxes-doesn-t-mean-more-reliable-lqinvzvp7) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure](https://daily.dev/posts/home-assistant-on-bare-metal-works-great-until-it-becomes-your-entire-home-s-infrastructure-dnm3bqbor) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Running Proxmox on my ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus taught me where mini PCs still fall short](https://daily.dev/posts/running-proxmox-on-my-asus-nuc-14-pro-plus-taught-me-where-mini-pcs-still-fall-short-z58jkhpvq) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting), [#homelab](https://daily.dev/tags/homelab), [#proxmox](https://daily.dev/tags/proxmox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/high-availability-doesn-t-require-matching-servers-my-three-different-mini-pcs-proved-it-works-any-1li0vlh4s)