# \#design **URL:** https://forum.mergetb.net/tag/design/11.md [Latest](https://forum.mergetb.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.mergetb.net/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.mergetb.net/tags.md) --- ## [MergeTB VTE Pipeline, Current state and Future Goals](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/mergetb-vte-pipeline-current-state-and-future-goals/170)
**Author:** [@ahusted](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/ahusted)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/mergetb-vte-pipeline-current-state-and-future-goals/170 "2026-09-11T21:51:57Z")
MergeTB VTE Pipeline, Current state and Future Goals This post serves as a summary for anyone in the future seeking to understand the design choices I made and how to continue where I left off. A working familiarity wit… --- ## [S3 vs MinIO conundrum](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/s3-vs-minio-conundrum/167)
**Author:** [@jdbarnes](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/jdbarnes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/s3-vs-minio-conundrum/167 "2026-08-12T00:24:37Z")
In the past when MinIO was chosen as an s3 bucket implementation, it was a lot more FOSS than it is today. Today, the FOSS part of this system is slowly disappearing behind paywalls, repos, and licenses. Not just this, … --- ## [Wireguard and NAT traversal](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/wireguard-and-nat-traversal/160)
**Author:** [@glawler](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/glawler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/wireguard-and-nat-traversal/160 "2025-12-06T01:00:22Z")
Inroduction This post is for discussing the issue of NAT traversal for wireguard. In the existing system Wireguard is used to connect XDCs to facility gateways which host infrapods. These infrapods have wireguard interf… --- ## [Multi-facility experiments (aka the "merge" in Merge)](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/multi-facility-experiments-aka-the-merge-in-merge/155)
**Author:** [@glawler](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/glawler)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/multi-facility-experiments-aka-the-merge-in-merge/155 "2025-11-10T14:11:53Z")
Just getting the meeting notes down. I’ll flesh this out tomorrow. Very Basic Roadmap: Multi site VTE One portal, two phobos like facilities Update raven and phobos ansible to support this Infranet Connectivity wi… --- ## [Advance realization aka temporal realization](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/advance-realization-aka-temporal-realization/154)
**Author:** [@glawler](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/glawler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/advance-realization-aka-temporal-realization/154 "2025-05-14T21:46:14Z")
We want to add the concept of future realizations to the Merge code. Since realizations already include a duration, all we’d need to add to the realization API is a start argument. We could also make this in a constrai… --- ## [Converged infrastructure design for SPHERE facilities components](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/converged-infrastructure-design-for-sphere-facilities-components/149)
**Author:** [@jdbarnes](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/jdbarnes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/converged-infrastructure-design-for-sphere-facilities-components/149 "2024-12-07T02:38:37Z")
to simplify purchasing, rather than purposefully designing server systems for each individual role, we will make a “best fit” system that can be adjusted if necessary (i.e. more disks) or scaled out instead of designing …