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    No GUI after adding 5th drive

    I have been using Proxmox VE for about 2 years (still a lot to learn and still feel like Noob) I have 2 SSDs and 2 HDDs installed. My OS is on 1 SSD and the others are passthroughs to VMs and LXCs. I have been trying to add another HDD but every time I do when I reboot the GUI stops working. I...
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    NFS folder and standby

    Hi, using a NFS folder (and making it avalaible on proxmox) on a NAS I am just asking IF is not used (At all) could be proxmox keep "live" always the nas in some way? (or NAS system is able, on your own, to put that drive on sleep mode) Thank you.
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    [SOLVED] HDD readability on fresh install

    Hello, I wanted to clarify things in my head because I am unsure how to go about doing a new installation of Proxmox. Basically, in a few months, I am going to upgrade my server and thus do a fresh install of Proxmox on a brand new SSD. Most if not all components of the server will be...
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    Resilver very slow

    Hello I've a PBS based on a DELL T140, 2 M2 for OS, 4 x HDD Seagate ST8000 8TB . Replaced an HDD with 8 Offline uncorrectable sectors and resilver. Resilver is very slow: volume is 23TB but data are only 2.5TB. In 4 hours 135 resilvered. Why is it too slow ? My best regards
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    Filesystems and HDD configurations to use

    I'm going to install proxmox to HP ProLiant dl380 gen9, with 12x3.5" HDD, and 2x2.5" SDD in the back. The system is installed to SDD. My question is how should I configure the 3.5" HDDs, with different configurations (file system; LVM, ZFS...), and which is the best configuration. Configuration...
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    Is it possible to restore a cloned drive in a VM?

    I want to clone my current SSD (Ubuntu) to an external HDD, then install Proxmox on the SSD, then create a VM in Proxmox with the cloned drive transferring the clone to the VM. Is this possible with Proxmox? I'm new to Proxmox, still learning.
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    HDD Sleep not working

    Hi everyone, i do need some help and hopefully someone knows where the problem is. My setup: Proxmox installation on NVME, 2 Physical HDD's (besides some others) attached as Data Storage for the TrueNAS Core which is running in a VM. My problem is that those drives are not needed all the time...
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    Proxmox TrueNAS VM - USB Device Passtrough oder PCI Passtrough für Festplatten?

    Hallo zusammen, ich habe vor ca. 2 Monaten eine TrueNAS Core VM aufgesetzt und über meinen Proxmox Host (ThinClient: HP Pro Mini 260 G9 mit Intel Core i5 1235U CPU) mehrere USB-Festplatten über die Funktion HDD Passtrough -...
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    Raid mit 6 HDDs

    Hallo ich habe folgende Hardware: AMD Epcy 7401P Asrock Rack EPYC d8 2t 8x32gb 2133 mhz RAM LSI 9361 8i 1GB 6x6tb Dell Sas 12G 7200rpm HDD Leider erziehen die Konfigs nicht die werte die ich gern hätte. 1: JBOD und ZFS Raid 5 -> 2GB Read 270MB Write 2: JBOD und ZFS Raid 10 -> 2GB Read 38MB...
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    Any easy way to spindown ?

    Hi, i'd like to know if there i any way to use spindown easily in proxmox ? I'm running a vm with TrueNAS and i gave him basically all my disk and the whole server at best consume 80w wich is quite a lot and i really want to try my best to drop down the consumption. But after seeing some article...
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    Best ZFS Configuration for 12 18 TB HDD Drives?

    I am thinking about what zfs configuration to use. I think RAIDz2 would be great because its 2 drives for tolerance, but some people were saying not to use it with more than 10 drives, do you think 12 drives would still be fine? Thank you!
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    Seagate tools (Seatools) bootable install

    Hello, my question is rearding installing seatools bootable in a vm and let it access/see HDD's. I have 2 zfs mirror pools where my vm's are installed, and one for the backups . i want to install seatools bootable but the problem is that it will only see the partition size i specify during the...
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    partition hdd directory

    Hello, I need help guys. I have a separate 500GB HDD drive, I created it as a Directory through the GUI in ext4, created one partition /dev/sdc1, but did not find how to make a second partition /dev/sdc2 in the GUI. Is it possible to split a 250GB Directory disk into 2 partitions and how to do it?
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    [SOLVED] Mount HDD nach Proxmox neu installation

    Hy Leute Hab mal eine kurze frage ich möchte Proxmox neu installieren. Hab alle VMs und LXC auf einem HW-HDD-RAID-10 der EXT4 formatiert ist gesichert. Hab den HW-HDD-RAID-10 über dir Proxmox GUI EXT4 formatiert und eingebunden. Proxmox selber liegt auf einem SSD-RAID-10 den möchte ich...
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    Forming a 10Tb WD Ultrastar DC HC330 hard drive (part: 0B42266 and 0B42305) in Proxmox does not work, but ,in Windows10 formatting works.

    I can't format my hard drive in proxmox. It gives an error (file attached below). The latest current version of the proxmox update has been installed. But when running in Windows 10 through the disk management partition, formatting in ntfs format works correctly. Files on the disk run without...
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    Unable to format the disk (and wipe the disk in proxmox)

    I am not able to use an enterprise hdd in my dell server. When I try to wipe the Disk through PROXMOX ui, I get this error. error wiping '/dev/sdg': 209715200 bytes (210 MB, 200 MiB) copied, 14.6273 s, 14.3 MB/s Server: Dell Power Edge r730XD Controller: HBA330 Version: Virtual Environment...
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    SMART error notification but no SMART error on test

    Hello, on my PVE I have a USB HDD connected for Backups, ISOs, Templates and such... I just replaced an old drive with a *brand new* 4TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD in an external (powered) USB3 enclosure. Today I received an email notification with the subject "SMART error...
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    How to configure ZFS, 3 drives total - 2 + 1 hot spare

    Hello, I am quite new to proxmox, but enjoying it so far. I currently have 3, 2TB SATA hard drives, and I'm trying to set them up in proxmox to be in a RAID where there are 2 main drives with 1 as a hot spare, so if 1 drive fails the hot spare will replace it until I get a new drive. So this...
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    Moving HDD from VM to container

    I have a HDD mounted to a VM (Plex server). I would like to re-create my Plex server as a container. When I set up a bind mount, rather than seeing my two folders - media_library and MetaData, I see: dump images lost+found private snippets template. The HDD is a directory in ext4. Here is...
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    New Drive shows the incorrect size

    I just bought a new drive the capacity is 12TB but the drive size shows 2.04TB. I am not sure if it's a hardware thing, I have a Dell Poweredge r410. Please help. // EDIT: It now is using GPT but still shows up as 2TB. //

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