From 3629403f716746df44dff5f7e6ecd24c57579469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jenkins <jenkins@bstein.dev>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:36:50 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] monitoring: keep VictoriaMetrics on Pi 5 workers

---
 services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml | 21 +++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml b/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml
index eb0337c58..305436fad 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/services/monitoring/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ spec:
                     operator: In
                     values:
                       - "true"
+                  # VictoriaMetrics is too memory- and CPU-heavy for the Pi 4
+                  # workers. A hard Pi 5 requirement also moves old placements
+                  # instead of leaving them on a previously selected Pi 4.
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - rpi5
                   - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
                     operator: NotIn
                     values:
@@ -120,20 +127,6 @@ spec:
                       - titan-22
                       - titan-24
           preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            - weight: 100
-              preference:
-                matchExpressions:
-                  - key: hardware
-                    operator: In
-                    values:
-                      - rpi5
-            - weight: 50
-              preference:
-                matchExpressions:
-                  - key: hardware
-                    operator: In
-                    values:
-                      - rpi4
             - weight: 25
               preference:
                 matchExpressions: