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    Create vm - how to allocate cores sockets cpu and memory allocation

    Hi I use following Ram and processor Ryzen™ 5 5600G Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 19MB Cache, up to 4.4 GHz max Boost) 16gb 3200ghz ram I want to create truenas and win 11 as VM's inside proxmox. While creating vm under cpu and memory tab what specs can be allocated for best...
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    Proxmox Hosting TrueNAS VM - Storage Questions

    At the beginning of the year I converted my server from running directly on TrueNAS to Proxmox with a TrueNAS vm. At that time I was able to get all the physical disks passed through to the VM and reconfigure the RAID within the TrueNAS VM, this information will become relevant in what follows...
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    Spotty Disk Performance with NFS Share

    Running a ProxmoxVE cluster with multiple Ubuntu VMs with the disks hosted on a TrueNAS NFS share. Occasionally one or more of the VMs will experience drastically reduced disk performance and I'm having a hard time pinpointing the cause. pve-manager/7.4-3/9002ab8a (running kernel...
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    Proxmox as host, or TrueNas as Host?

    Hi all, I'm considering combining my home tech into a one-machine Router/NAS/Server, with the ability for the storage to be expandable. Do you have any suggestions or input on how I best do this? Here are my thoughts so far: Parts List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/W2LpbL In short: 8-core...
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    Exploring a New Proxmox Setup to Ditch TrueNAS

    Hello everyone! I've been thinking about simplifying my server. Following a recent upgrade (hello NVME drives), I'm thinking about whether to shift away from TrueNAS and manage everything via Proxmox. Let me elaborate. Currently, I run Proxmox on an NVME drive as the primary disk (local...
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    Poor performance in VM hosting Plex

    I have a Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox 7.4-16 with Plex in a Docker container. I also have TrueNAS Scale running as a VM on this same Proxmox host. TrueNAS has 2 pools it shares via NFS to the Ubuntu VM. Other docker containers run fine, but they aren't as demanding as Plex. The CPU is set to...
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    Scenario for TrueNas HA with Proxmox

    Hello Everyone, Has anyone tried using the below method to achieve HA on TrueNas with Proxmox. Create a virtual machine with 2 identical disks Each disk is on a different storage ( NFS mapped to dataset on Truenas ) Set both disks as bootable. Install operating system inside virtual machine...
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    Migrating ZFS From TrueNAS to Proxmox

    Hey all, I feel like I'm not the first to need this, but I've searched forums, reddit, and the internet as a whole to figure this out and just can't. I've got four disks I've just pulled from a TrueNAS system and put into my Proxmox box. I was able to import the filesystem using zpool...
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    [SOLVED] VM issues when running simultaneously with another VM

    New Proxmox user here. I have a TrueNAS Core 13.0-U5.2 VM. It is installed in a WD Blue SSD named VMs_CT_Main. I have passed through a Dell H310 HBA to it with 8 HDDs attached. Below is the config of the TrueNAS VM. kristian@pve:~$ sudo qm config 100 [sudo] password for kristian: agent: 1...
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    Looking for Advice: Should Proxmox have its own pool in TrueNAS?

    Hello, I am looking to see if it's best practice to have a separated shared pool in TrueNAS for all proxmox VM's and containers? Right now I have a dataset for Proxmox but not sure if this will cause some issues down the road. I was debating on running 2 x 2TB drives in each server in a mirror...
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    Proxmox tries to import ZFS Pool belonging to TrueNAS VM?

    So I've got Proxmox running with a TrueNAS VM, I've followed the Proxmox Wiki page for passing disks through, and then set those disks up in TrueNAS, and works great, but when the node is rebooted, Proxmox seems to try and fail to grab the ZFS pool that TrueNAS has created, and on the TrueNAS...
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    PVE fresh install help please for a newbie

    Hi - Taking the Proxmox plunge very soon and dont want to make any bad initial decisions. I have (2) unused Intel servers and my objectives are: Home server lab, Virtualization playground, Home Assistant, NFS using TrueNAS, DNS&Ad blocking, Windows VM testing. I currently have an all-Unifi...
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    NFS connection with TrueNAS is not working

    Hi , I'm trying to configure my TrueNAS in NFS with Proxmox for my backup. I've followed all online videos/tutorials to do this, create a truenas user, set all the ACL on the directory in TrueNAS etc...but when I'm trying to connect it in Storage the Export is "Searching" and nothing is...
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    nfs storage mounts get unmounted

    I am hoping someone might be able to explain or help me understand what might be happening with a couple of containers I have which use nfs mounts to my truenas server. On the truenas server I have three nfs shares: nfs1, nfs2 and nfs3 On proxmox I have two lxc containers: lxc1 and lxc2 I...
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    GPU and HBA Passthrough Issues on Z370 Asus Prime-A

    Hello, I am having an issue running an Nvidia RTX-2070 Super and an LSI-9211-8i at the same time on separate VMs. I can run them independently without issue, but the second I try to run their VMs at the same time I get the QEMU Exit Code 1 and it fails to start. These devices are not in the...
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    Where to install TrueNAS: local-zfs or physical drive attached to hba?

    Hello, I hate opening an account to ask newbie question, but I can't find an example answer (although I'm sure this has beed discussed already many times - so, my apologies). I want to know what is better between two options, before I do something and regret later. Let's say I have Proxmox on...
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    Mysql - MariaDb Truenas file permissions not working

    I installed Proxmox and Installed Truenas as a VM. Inside Truenas shared a Folder (Samba) that I want to use as repository for my DB. In another server installed Mariadb and mounted this Truenas Shared folder. Everything was great until I tried to change the folder owner. chown doesn´t work no...
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    TrueNAS NFS server not responding/retry issues in PVE cluster

    I'm having issues mounting a NFS share on a PVE cluster. The initial mapping works but after some time I get connection issues and multiple retries. My PVE cluster is running with two nodes both with the same version and having 172.16.10.2 and 172.16.10.6 IP addresses. The TrueNas is configured...
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    io error on Truenas VM

    Hello, Im newbie here just got into proxmox and im trying to build a homeserver using a on old laptop (HP Pavilion dv6-7080ee) for simple smb file sharing and some movies database (normal file sharing and Jellfin each on separate VMs). I am using 4 external usb hdd 3 500GB 1 1TB , i found a...
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    Best approach for running TrueNAS and VM with (i)GPU passthrough

    I'm not sure if I can solve my problem. So recently I bought the DeskMeet X300 case with Ryzen 7 4750G, 64GB RAM ECC and 2x12TB HDD drives. My goal was to virtualize TrueNAS with HDD passthrough and another VM with Batocera with iGPU passthrough for emulation. The probem is that when I run VM...

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