storage architecture

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    Raidz0 configuration

    Hey all, hopefully a quick answer. I am looking to get 3 SSD's into raidz0, this will be a vm pool to reduce the ridiculous io delay I have now. I do have a solid redundancy strategy and backup system already in place. Would someone be able to point me to the cli commands or gui setup to make...
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    What is the best way to handle High Availability between nodes with different storage setups?

    I have read through the documentation and I'm not sure I'm following it well because I'm not even sure if what I want to accomplish is possible with Proxmox or not so I thought I'd ask here. I have a Proxmox node setup and hosting several containers and VMs. This started as a hobby and chance...
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    One VM as a NAS

    Hello everyone, I'm preparing a personal server under PVE, and one VM will be dedicated to NAS storage. I have 6 HDD dedicated to this (and one SSD for boot and PVE system). I wonder if, generally speaking, I would install PVE with all this storage (Ceph ? ZFS ?) and assign a huge size to the...
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    Proxmox VE created ZFS pool, passed through into VM online on both host and guest

    My current NAS setup has Proxmox VE running on bare metal and TrueNAS Scale running in a VM. I created a zfs pool "appspool" from the UI: Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> ZFS I then created a TrueNAS scale VM and passed through the disk qm set 900 --scsi2...
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    Configure storage server

    I have one server for proxmox and two servers for storage. Could you please suggest to me how I can configure the storage on the two servers with realtime replication or active/backup mood. Seeking expert suggestions.proxmo Server configuration are below: Proxmox server: Dell PowerEdge R650...
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    Newbie: setting up Intel NUC with PVE and Ubuntu

    I have been using the Unixy underlayer of macOS (Darwin) for many years and I have been running a server based on macOS for the last 20 years. So, I am somewhat technical. I am moving away from this (macOS is no longer reliable enough for this). I am running: nsd/unbound (in a complex setup...
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    Looking for best practices about a NAS VM and encrypted storage.

    Hello, I have a bunch of questions about setting up storage in a recommended/safest way. My end goal is that I have a NAS with a few storage "buckets" that I can mount/share into other vm's or externally via samba, nfs, etc. The tricky thing is, I want all(or some) of the storage to be...
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    Questions: Proxmox VE Storage setup for future sanity

    (originally posted on a Reddit thread but not getting a reply so I figured I'd newb-out here a minute) Goal: I'd like to go ahead and get a storage skeleton setup that won't bite me in the future when I'm delving into more Container work. This is just for a home server + gaming VMs, nothing...
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    [SOLVED] local Storage Problem

    Solution: on datacenter/storage i added new lvm disk and chose vg0 (in my case) as volume group, that solved my problem. Hi, ive installed proxmox on a server i rented from hetzner. When i was installing proxmox i set storage of ve as 32 gb, then i saw its space could easily filled up with...
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    [SOLVED] Good Practice for Disks Setup

    Hi, in my 2nd attempt to switch over to Proxmox from OMV, I want to move away from an ancient Dell Server with Xeon X3440 that is great for disk storage capacity but terrible on power consumption, noise and thermal exhaust. Therefore, I want to downsize my homelab server to an unused MacMini...
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    Migration - storage is not available on target-node

    Hello, we are using Proxmox with several different hard drives. Proxmox runs locally via ZFS on a storage, there are no problems here either. We have created additional NVMe hard drives as additional storage and are also recognized by Proxmox and are functional. However, there is now a problem...
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    Recommended configuration for a 3 nodes cluster with 2 nodes connected to a DAS ?

    I am aiming to get a 3 nodes proxmox cluster with 2 nodes connected to a DAS with this topology : The idea behind this configuration is to have an HA cluster and a HA storage. What I had in mind was to have a zfs pool accessible in an active/passive configuration between nodes and...
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    New Proxmox VE installation from scratch - Suggestions

    Hello, I'm going to install a new fresh Proxmox server for my homelab and I'd like to ask you suggestions to configure it in a proper way (I've already a Proxmox server I'd like to reconfigure from scratch). HW: CPU Intel Core i5 4460 (4c/4t) RAM 16GB 8x SATA3 ports (2 on the mobo and 4 on a...
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    Ideal HA node config on a budget + Ceph nodes as two separate data pools?

    After spending some time learning that SAN is the traditional storage route and that Ceph + "hyperconverged" is actually encouraged now that we have the technology, I am a little lost on how to proceed with my home lab. I don't know if using Ceph would be like trying to shoe horn a new...
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    HDD Storage Verwaltung Strategie

    Hallo zusammen, ich habe vor ca. 2 Jahren meinen ersten Proxmox Server aufgesetzt um zu lernen. Mittlerweile ist er gewachsen und ich mache so ziemlich alles mit dem Server. D.h. auch alle meine Daten sind dort abgelegt und können von jedem Gerät genutzt werden. Ich denke aber, dass ich das...
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    New server install

    Greetings all! Any suggestions for our new server install? We just ordered two refurbed Dell 620 servers. Here's their stats: Dual Intel E5-2690 V2 3.0GHz 10-Core 256GB DDR3 ( 16x16GB 12800R ) Mini H310 Raid Controller (Flashed to HBA mode) iDRAC 7 Enterprise with license 10GB SPF+dual 1gigE...
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    Particiones de disco para VM

    Hola, Soy nuevo en Proxmox y quisiera saber cómo puedo configurar el almacenamiento de VM o CT para tener 100% separado los datos del Sistema Operativo invitado. Quiero crear una VM con Ubuntu 20.04 LTS para correr ahí Nextcloud y quiero que los datos (fotos, archivos, etc) estén separados del...
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    New Storage Setup Advise

    Hi. We plan to buy 2 unit storage for datastore and backup storage. Currently our setup 6 node compute with proxmox-v5.2 hypervisor. Since our currently CEPH storage almost 6 years, so we plan to buy to replace with the new storage and approach not using hyperconverged CEPH storage anymore and...
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    Welcher Storagetype für lokale Disks?

    Hi there, u.a. um die Partitionierung zu ändern würde ich meinen Host neu aufsetzen. Bisher arbeite ich mit lokalen qcow Images im xfs Directory. Bei der Neuinstallation habe ich die Wahl, welchen Storagetype ich zukünftig verwenden werde: local qcow, lvm, lvm-thin, zfs. Ich habe 2 PCI-E SSDs...
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    Configuring PVE with HPE SmartArray E208-i SR. LBA + ZFS or system on RAID-1 and CEPH on LBA?

    I have 3 HPE Proliant DL160 Gen 10 shipped with a storage controller HPE SmartArray E208-i SR. This controller allows to mix raid and LBA mode. Each servers come with 2x300 GB SAS and 4x2TB SAS. I would like to instal proxmox on them but wonder what's the best storage configuration for it. I...

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