Just installed 2 2TB disks and want to know if how do i add these 2 disks as BTRFS for storage in Proxmox VE. I want to use BTRFS to create a storage for storing backups and ISOs
Running Proxmox 8.0
Running Proxmox 8.0
BTRFS with 2 Disks
- Thread starter masteryoda
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BTRFS support is still experimental. IMHO isn't any better than ZFS, so I suggest you use a ZFS RAID1 instead, which is fully supported on Proxmox.
thanks, but i',m not able to select the ZFS storage as a destination for ISOs etc.
Sorry, my brain didn't read that part. You can do it with the help of the "directoy" type of storage, albeit it requires using CLI:
- Create the ZFS zpool as a mirror using the WebUI with the two disks. Lets say you call it "zpool01". Don't tick "Add as storage" as you will not use it to store VMs/CTs.
- Create a ZFS dataset on zpool01:
- From the WebUI, datacenter, storage, add a new "Directory" storage. Name it "Backups_ISO" and the directory should be "/zpool01/Backups_ISO". Rmember to select just "ISO images" and "VZDump backup files" on content.
- Create the ZFS zpool as a mirror using the WebUI with the two disks. Lets say you call it "zpool01". Don't tick "Add as storage" as you will not use it to store VMs/CTs.
- Create a ZFS dataset on zpool01:
Code:
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o acltype=posixacl -o xattr=sa -o atime=on -o relatime=on zpool01/Backups_ISO- From the WebUI, datacenter, storage, add a new "Directory" storage. Name it "Backups_ISO" and the directory should be "/zpool01/Backups_ISO". Rmember to select just "ISO images" and "VZDump backup files" on content.
