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I build, monitor and document servers, networks and backups, and I’m selective about the work I take on. What I deliver is built to last; AI is a tool I use, never the final word.

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Robert Melcher, Linux and infrastructure engineer in Timișoara. Working remotely across the EU.

The rack at home, drawn from the front: a Dell R730xd on top with a printer on it; under it, a Synology NAS beside three small Proxmox hosts stacked on a shelf; below, a UPS, a plant and spare disks.65 W482 mm
My own, drawn from the front: three small Proxmox hosts, one Kubernetes cluster, and a backup server that is off most of the day. It comes back from a git repository in about 35 minutes. Take the homelab tour

What I do

  • Work

    High-performance computing by day: the clusters, schedulers and storage that engineers’ jobs run on.

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  • The homelab

    Three Proxmox hosts and one Kubernetes cluster, back from a git repository in about 35 minutes.

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  • For companies

    I build, monitor and document the servers, network and backups of companies of 10 to 100 people.

    How I work

Latest notes

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