Raid on a directory

[DjFin]

So I'm trying to setup a backup solution for my server by using two 2tb hard drives and I want to use raid on them so that its mirrored onto each other. I can create a ZFS drive on them but I'm unable to assign them to be used for the directory, Is there a way to use the drives as storage for backups? The raid is software-based through proxmox, I do not have them setup in the bios to do so.

 

[Chris]

Hi,
you can create a new datastore backed by a ZFS based storage on empty disks directly via the PBS web interface. Navigate to Administration > Storage/Disks > ZFS > Create: ZFS, select the disks to use and the desired RAID level and make sure Add as Datastore is checked. This will format the disks and create a ZFS filesystem mounted as datastore storage.

Edit: Fixed typo

 

[DjFin]

I am able to get to this point but I don't see an option to add as datastore:

 

[Chris]

I am able to get to this point but I don't see an option to add as datastore:
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What is your Proxmox Backup Server version, proxmox-backup-manager version --verbose? Note that this has to be done on the PBS side, not the Proxmox VE side. Or are you trying to setup a storage on a Proxmox VE?