storage architecture

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I'm configuring my new ProxMox server and want to reduce unnecessary wear on my SSD root mirror. I've done a lot of searches and although it's easy enough to find some hints, I can't find a comprehensive tutorial to achieve this. What have a done so far: redirected /var/log to a separate HDD...