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    GPU advice for pcie 3.0 mainboard

    Hello i need some advice which gpu to buy for my home server running proxmox 8.x. The supermicro X10SRi-F has this pcie slots 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1x PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8 slot), 2x PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1x PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8 slot), 1x PCI-E 2.0 x2 (in x8 slot)...
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    Hardware recomendation for painles update?

    Hi, i have a homeserver running proxmox with the hardware reaching the limits of 32GB ram on a zfs filesystem. My idea is to buy a new board, processor and ram and swap it with my actual board. Then connect my two x4 raidcards with its ssds, the boot ssd, two big harddisks and some usb...
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    How to check controller / mainboard for errors?

    Hello, i have a problem with one zfs pool in this configuration zpool2 mirror-0 ata-Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_1TB ata-Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_1TB mirror-1 ata-Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_1TB ata-Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_1TB where the first ssd fails regulary and the pool gets degraded. This are the last few...
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    How to replace pools? copy data or replace disks?

    Hello i need to replace a 'single disk' pool containing two hdds with another one, but with bigger drives. Due to ram shortage i need to remove the hdds of the old pool from the system. Is it better to make a new 'single disk' pool of the bigger drives, recreate the structure of the old pool and...
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    Does disk storage update need ram update?

    Hello, i want to add another storage pool to the proxmox server which now has 32GB ram and ~20TB of diskspace using zfs. The ram consumption is ~24GB with max peeks at 29GB. I will be adding 36TB of diskspace on zfs and assume that the system may become unusable due to lack of ram. Do i need to...
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    What storage type for vm backups in snapshot mode?

    Hello, what storage type do i have to create for vm backups in snapshot mode? Right now i make backups to a directory type storage with content type set to 'VZDump backup file', but 'snapshot' backups don't work. Proxmox complains 'mode failure - some volumes do not support snapshots' and i...
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    How to reorganize cts and vms and swap storage pools?

    Hello, i need to reorganize my containers and vms on the storage pools i have. Basically i want to swap 'zpool1' with 'zpool2' and put the ct and vm files in one folder/place. Also as live snapshots do not work i think i need to change the kind of the backup storage from 'directory' to 'zfs...