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    [SOLVED] proxmox 8.3.1 and supermicro AOC-SLG4-2H8M2

    Hi all, I am very new to proxmox and I run into a problem. I tried everything i can without succes. I bought a secondhand supermicro e300 12D machine and i want to run the latest proxmox version (8.3.1). I can install proxmox in a raid 1 setup on 2 small disks and the machine also has a...
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    Installation of Proxmox and Replication on HP DL380 Gen9 Server

    Hello everyone, first of all, I'm new to the Proxmox world and, in a way, I have very basic knowledge of Linux virtualization. I’d like to seek advice from more experienced users if possible. I have 2x HP DL380 Gen9 servers with the following specifications in terms of memory and storage...
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    OVMF looses boot entries when drives are not present

    Hello, I'm trying a software RAID1 setup with a Debian12 VM. My 2 disks have each a 1 GB partition, type Linux RAID, bound together as /dev/md0, for /boot a 1 GB partition for ESP a Linux LVM partition, bound together in one VG, providing LVs for root and swap UEFI does not know about RAID1...
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    [SOLVED] ZFS Pool creates error while resilvering

    zpool status root@jkbs-lab:~# zpool status pool: pool1 state: DEGRADED status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will continue to function, possibly in a degraded state. action: Wait for the resilver to complete. scan: resilver in progress since Mon Sep 23...
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    Best practice for independent storages

    Hey, what's the best practice to ensure that storages or disks are somewhat independent from proxmox? To make it a little clearer: I have two 8TB drives and one 3TB partition on each for a RAID for nextcloud. I'd like to pass it through to nextcloud as directly as possible because I don't want...
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    Stuck at the initramfs

    Hi, I've been stuck starting proxmox on initramfs for almost a whole day. I'm using promox ve 8.2 installed on two disks in RAID 1 on ZFS. The main screen says: "Failed to load ZFS Modules. Manually load the modules and exit." It also says to load the zfs modules as root but I have no idea how...
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    RAID1

    Hey guys, I have 2 SSD hard drives and two HDD hard drives. SSD hard drives are 500 GB each and HDD hard drives are 4 TB each. HDDs are RAID 1 in BIOS. I have installed proxmox . I have selected only 500 GB SSD during installation for this virtual machine. Now I want to add these 4 terabytes to...
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    Two Separate Raid1 arrays in ProxMox - How to initialize the 2nd?

    Hello! Hoping to get some insight here from those that may use something similar. My current setup is: 1TB SSD drive in Raid1 (via zfs when ProxMox was installed). 1 TB SSD drive in Raid1 (via zfs when ProxMox was installed). 2 TB HDD Drive 2 TB HDD Drive When I setup ProxMox...
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    Extend ZFS pool on Proxmox Backup Server

    Hello everyone, So I have had my Proxmox Backup Server installed and running for about 6 months now, with a RAID1 ZFS pool of 2 HDDs of 1TB each, running like a charm. I am slowly but steadily running out of space (I have prune and GC configured), so I bought 2 2TB NAS HDDs. I already swapped...
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    ZFS RAID

    Hi all! I want to understand on high level how to arrange mirroring RAID using ZFS in proxmox and how to do it step by step. So according to documentation: RAID1 Also called “mirroring”. Data is written identically to all disks. This mode requires at least 2 disks with the same size. The...
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    Advice on Setting Up Redundant RAID with SATA SSD for Proxmox Server

    Hello everyone, I'm currently running a Proxmox server that has been operating smoothly with a 1 TB NVMe SSD. I'm considering enhancing my server's data safety by adding a new 1 TB SATA SSD and setting it up in a redundant RAID configuration. Given the differences in performance between NVMe...
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    btrfs raid1 nvme for data

    Hi, I'm testing out btrfs on a new installation. I limited knowledge of btrfs and have done some reading. However, I seem to be missing a very simple concept. How to setup/mount the volumes. I created the raid1: mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid1 -L btr-vault /dev/nvme3n1 /dev/nvme2n1 Then the...
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    replace failed disk (raid 1)

    I'm struggling with a replaced disk. Last time I had already issues doing this: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-boot-tool-status-shows-one-entry-in-raid1-system.136689/#post-610056 unfortunately this time again. One of the disks failed and I looked into the docs, the last forum post...
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    ZFS Raid1 Install compression.

    I have a question. I am going to install my proxmox server with two separate zfs raid. Raid 1 for the installation system with two SSDs in uefi mode and then I have two 2TB Nvme 4.0 to create another raid 1 for the VMs. My question is, is it worth activating compression in Raid 1 where proxmox...
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    100 times write amplification using ZFS

    Sorry for reposting as last one got "Awaiting approval before being displayed publicly." I'm running proxmox on 2 NVME 512GB sticks with zfs raid1 pool (ashift=12). I have written a small script that will measure number of writes per hour (in MB) using smartctl command (src: Github). I have a...
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    proxmox-boot-tool status shows one entry in raid1 system

    One of my disks (raid 1) had to be replaced. Following the docs, I could make the new disk work. A host system reboot also works BUT when I execute proxmox-boot-tool status, I get the following: proxmox-boot-tool status Re-executing '/usr/sbin/proxmox-boot-tool' in new private mount namespace...
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    ZFS With Raid 1

    Hello! I am new to the raid world. I have two identical 256 gb nvme ssds and want to set them up as a mirrored raid (Raid1). When I go to disks it shows both drives but when I go to create a ZFS storage pool I only see one of the drives (the one that doesn't have the boot partition). Can I not...
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    zfs raid-1 -> raidz-1 : 50% mehr Platzverbrauch

    Hallo, in diesem Thread wurde der Grund für den Mehrverbrauch erläutert: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/replikations-ziel-wird-deutlich-gr%C3%B6%C3%9Fer-als-quelle.135440/#post-599244 Ich habe jetzt das Problem, dass die Daten nicht auf die neuen Platten bekomme, wenn ich 50% mehr Platz...
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    Installation of promoxo v8 on Microserver Gen8

    Hello all, I'm trying to install proxmox on a Microserver Gen8 server. I've 2 harddisks and I made a RAID1 using the HP Proliant tool The problem whe installing proxmos is that my RAID is not detectd. Proxmox just ask on which hard drive it should be installed. Is there a way to configure my...
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    Need help installing Proxmox with automatic decryption and multiple drives

    I'm trying to install Proxmox on a server that is going to be running Home Assistant, a security camera NVR setup and other sensitive data, I need to have the drives be encrypted with automatic decryption of drives so the VMs can automatically resume after a power failure. # My desired setup...

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