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    FIO Benchmark on the ZVOL. Fast in Proxmox, slow in VM. Same benchmark, same ZVOL

    Hello! Why, friend? I literally asked fio run test on /dev/zvol/apool/vm-147-disk-x which is ZVOL itself, am i wrong? Yes, it is a file, but you know how they say - everything in Linux is a file :-) And no-no, i am assure you, i am not using LVM in this VM at all. I run fio directly on the...
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    FIO Benchmark on the ZVOL. Fast in Proxmox, slow in VM. Same benchmark, same ZVOL

    I did, so this is results: 1) On the Host fio --name RWRITE --rw=randwrite --filename=/dev/zvol/apool/vm-147-disk-x --size=4g --direct=1 --blocksize=4k --iodepth=1 --numjobs=1 --ioengine=posixaio IOPS=27.2k, BW=106MiB/s 2) Inside VM with cache=unsafe fio --name RWRITE --rw=randwrite...
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    FIO Benchmark on the ZVOL. Fast in Proxmox, slow in VM. Same benchmark, same ZVOL

    I am just trying figure out why VM much slower than actual hardware storage so whats why i turned sync=disable for ZVOL and cache=unsafe for VM. It is like "maximum effort" but it is temporary and only for one lab VM 72.5k of randwrite is somewhat similiar of TweakTown.com results for this...
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    FIO Benchmark on the ZVOL. Fast in Proxmox, slow in VM. Same benchmark, same ZVOL

    Hello! Title says it all, but here a details: Host: Proxmox VE 6.3-6 Guest: Ubuntu Server 18.04.2 LTS SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB (two in ZFS mirror) ZVOL: 90GB, thin-provised, sync=disabled Then i benchmarking this ZVOL directly on the Host i get almost maximum performance that this SSD...
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    I get only one successful boot after installation Proxmox Backup Server. Plz help)

    So solution is simple: it is second USB Flash Drive :) Which will be good ol` MBR-type, ext4-filesystem and contain /boot directory. This way it will work. It is applies to USB HDDs well. And for PVE it is all the same. === So basically i follow this awesome guide...
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    I get only one successful boot after installation Proxmox Backup Server. Plz help)

    Yeah... It seems combination of USB Flash Drive, GPT, Legacy BIOS, GRUB and ZFS just cant boot up. I guess there is some simple solution but i can`t figure it out. But i found a workaround! :cool: I will post it below
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    I get only one successful boot after installation Proxmox Backup Server. Plz help)

    It is weird. So i installed PBS 1.0-1 on good ol` HP DL120 G7. I use SanDisk USB Stick as system drive because all four SATA drive bays in this server is occupied by hard drives. I choosed ZFS as root filesystem. Installation runs flawlessy. After installation server rebooted itself and i got...