Hi,
I'm running a setup of two Proxmox nodes in a cluster configuration, backing up to a single PPS. While working some performance issues, I noted something I hadn't counted on:
On the Datacenter level, I had configured a single backup task including all VMs/LXCs on both nodes at a certain time. What I hadn't foreseen is that with this single task, both nodes will start their backup at the same time, thus running in parallel, overloading the PBS and the network segment.
Of course, the fix is simple - just create a separate backup task for each node. But is this "intended" behaviour (of course it is logical and "expected" from a technical view) of the task? Shouldn't the single task automatically balance jobs between the two nodes? After all, such a task doesn't run two jobs in parallel on a single node, either.
I'm running a setup of two Proxmox nodes in a cluster configuration, backing up to a single PPS. While working some performance issues, I noted something I hadn't counted on:
On the Datacenter level, I had configured a single backup task including all VMs/LXCs on both nodes at a certain time. What I hadn't foreseen is that with this single task, both nodes will start their backup at the same time, thus running in parallel, overloading the PBS and the network segment.
Of course, the fix is simple - just create a separate backup task for each node. But is this "intended" behaviour (of course it is logical and "expected" from a technical view) of the task? Shouldn't the single task automatically balance jobs between the two nodes? After all, such a task doesn't run two jobs in parallel on a single node, either.
