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At work, been migrating 13th & 14th-gen Dell VMware clusters over to Proxmox Ceph. Swap out the PERC RAID controllers for Dell HBA330s IT-mode controllers, since Ceph/ZFS don't work with RAID controllers. If I was buying new, I will go with single-socket high-core CPUs (64/96/128/etc), like AMD...

As you know, ZFS & Ceph really don't play nice with RAID controllers like Dell PERCs. While it's true you change the PERC from RAID mode to IT-mode, I've had issues in the past with the megaraid_sas driver. That's why I switch out Dell PERCs for Dell HBAs, like the Dell HBA355i. It uses the...

On 13th- & 14th-gen Dells PERCs, have to delete the virtual disks before switching it to HBA-mode. Call it a quirk. I've also had issues with the megaraid_sas driver in the past, so I just swap out the PERCs for Dell HBA330s, which is a true IT-mode strorage controller. It uses the much simpler...

Have it running on a Dell R200 which was released back in 2007. Was running LXCs but now it's a PBS instance. Mirrored ZFS drives. Makes for good small LXC/PBS server but that's all it's good for.

I don't run nested virtualization using Windows guests but do with Linux guests especially with Proxmox, ie, phystical Proxmox -> vitual Proxmox -> Linux guest. I do use CPU type of 'host' as your screenshot shows. As for number of cores, I see you use '16' which is quite alot, IMO. I use the...

For 13th-gen Dells, enabling X2APIC & IOAT DMA resolves the issue. I don't use SRV-IO.

I run Proxmox on 10th through 14th-generation Dells at work. Yup, this is with latest Proxmox 9.1.x with latest 7.0.x kernel. No issues. I just made sure the machines has the latest firmware and BIOS/UEFI. I do NOT use any RAID controllers (PERC). I swapped them out for IT-mode controllers...

You are better off flashing the 12th-gen PERCs to IT-mode via https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html Do NOT skip any steps and record the SAS address. No issues in production.

Dell HBA330 mini-mono versions are definately for 13th- and 14th-gen Dells. For 12th-gen Dell PERCs (H310/H710/H710P/H810), use https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html. No issues in production. Do NOT skip any steps and take your time. If you want to boot from the drives, flash both a BIOS & UEFI...

Been testing EC pools with plugin=ISA technique=reed_sol_van with VMs with additional storage optimizations. Weirdly enought, it's faster in read operations than replication. Not complaining.

This. Look for PLP. I will also look for high endurance. I use Intel DC-S3710s for their 10 DWPD endurance.

I've been migrating from VMware vSphere to Proxmox Ceph at work on 13th-gen Dells. Ceph really, really, really wants homogeneous hardware, ie, same CPU, RAM, NIC, storage, storage controller, firmware, etc, etc. I swapped out PERCs for Dell HBA330s since I won't want to deal with PERC HBA-mode...

Seeing that the MD3200i is a legacy SAN, maybe cheaper to migrate to Ceph. Been migrating VMware legacy SAN infrastructure to Proxmox Ceph. IMO, need a minimum of 5-nodes. So, can lose 2 nodes and still have quorum. Isolated switches for Corosync and Ceph. All hardware the same. No PERCs, using...

A better option, IMO, is to use a pure IT-mode storage controller like a Dell HBA330. Extremely cheap to get. Uses the much simpler mtp3sas driver and don't have to deal with PERC storage drama. No issues in production.

Been migrating 13th-gen Dells (R630s & R730s) from VMware to Proxmox Ceph. Clusters range from 3- to 9-nodes, all odd number for quorum. All hardware is the same (RAM, CPU, NIC, storage, storage controller, firmware). Swapped out PERCs for Dell HBA330s since I don't want to deal with PERC...