Recent content by ultima

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    Lost hdd spindown capability; not making progress

    I'm configuring a new server with 2 SSDs and 2 HDDs. The HDDs are only used once every 6 hours and I need them to spindown when not in use in order to save energy. Initially these drives were not configured as Proxmox storage. The server does not yet have any VMs or containers. To test spindown...
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    Minimizing SSD wear through PVE configuration changes

    Stopping the first 2 services has a very significant (positive re: logging) impact. However, rather than stopping the services I'd like to redirect the logging but can't figure out how to do this. I didn't know about the final 2 services and will look into that. Thanks anyway.
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    "pmxcfs" writing to disk all the time...

    Thanks. Does the "yes" refer to the first part of my question or the second?
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    "pmxcfs" writing to disk all the time...

    Did you ever succeed in redirecting rrdcached? Did you restart the service/reboot before you received the error message?
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    Reducing rrdcached writes

    Nope; doesn't exist either. However, you put me on the right track. The correct path is /etc/default/rrdcached Thanks! EDIT: replaced 'rdd' with 'rrd' (typo)
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    Reducing rrdcached writes

    /etc/defaults/rrdcached does not currently exist and Google shows only this document. Is this a typo? Can you please provide the correct filename?
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    Minimizing SSD wear through PVE configuration changes

    I'm configuring my new ProxMox server and want to reduce unnecessary wear on my SSD root mirror. I've done a lot of searches and although it's easy enough to find some hints, I can't find a comprehensive tutorial to achieve this. What have a done so far: redirected /var/log to a separate HDD...

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