I am trying to figure out what the best solution to deploy 2x5 TB HDDs would be. Currently, I have them mounting to Proxmox upon boot. Then I have a container pointing to them as mount points. Each drive has a 4400 GB mount point on it. Is there a better model? I am sure there is. I am wanting to setup a SAMBA server with redundancy.
Best solution for 2x5 TB HDDs.
- Thread starter Andy Melton
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Take a look at Freenas. It has built-in functionality for SAMBA and it will allow you to utilize your 2 drives in a mirror configuration (using OpenZFS). Be careful with the SAMBA installation on any existing AD setup.
http://www.freenas.org/
http://www.freenas.org/
I have heard about FreeNAS for years, but never actually thought about using it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Any suggestions for how to set up the two drives in Proxmox?
Any suggestions for how to set up the two drives in Proxmox?
I using Proxmox for storage too. "Proxmox + ZFS + Webmin = Storage" We had Fresnas in past, but never, never, never. It is highly depending on the right hardware. With proxmox we only once had a problem installing on an HP Server ML10. Every Supermicro, HPML350 or DELL T550.... never had any problems.
Important: Server with unixsupport and real SAScontroller, no Hardwarraid. The ZFS on PVE works really great. I can really recommend.
But search in the forum. There are really man threads about.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_ZFS
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/PVE-zsync
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Tips_and_Tricks
Important: Server with unixsupport and real SAScontroller, no Hardwarraid. The ZFS on PVE works really great. I can really recommend.
But search in the forum. There are really man threads about.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage:_ZFS
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/PVE-zsync
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Tips_and_Tricks