Hello,
I'm relatively new to proxmox. I'm using it for my personnal needs and to experiment new things.
I was using esxi 5.5 but i wanted to experiment live migration and other stuff (not available with the free license).
So i decided to move on to proxmox.
I started with one host to test. I enjoyed it and migrated my esxi vm to my first host.
Then i installed a second host to experiment. I now have a 2 nodes cluster.
Both nodes have a standard installation with a ssd as root storage.
I also have 2 nas that i use with a nfs share for backup and image, templates storage.
On host #1 i have some vm not requiring too much ressources (ipbx wazo, jeedom smarthome controller, zabbix monitoring and logitech media server)
On host #2 i have a win8.1 vm with c: partition on ssd and a second drive attached with passtrough (by uuid)
I have a second vm dedicated to docker (as i understood running docker in a lxc container was not reliable).
This vm runs a dozen of containers.
I have some docker containers to add (now running on a synology nas) but i'll need more room.
My plan is to experiment in order to build a new host to replace both hosts. I also want to keep host #1 to run the most important vm in case of failure of the new host. For this new host i plan to have enough ram to use local zfs pool.
On host #2 in a vm i have a plex docker container which need more room for his db and thumbnails. I don't want to use the ssd.
I also have to transfer a unifi-video docker container to this vm. The container can run on the ssd but i need another storage for the video footages.
I want to be able to take snapshots.
I have sata disks unused on the host #2
my synology nas has 4 nics and 6 4TB disks (DS1815+).
I don't know what performances to expect from nfs share storage on the synology. Do i have to dedicate one nic to it ?
If i use local storage on the host by using sata disk how can i use it?
Block or file level ?
I hesitate between directory and lvm thin.
Are these steps correct ?
For lvm thin i have to create pv, vg, lv and convert lv to thin with cli and then add lv thin with gui.
For directory i have to create a partition, format it to ext4 and mount it with fstab with cli then add the mount point with gui as directory.
Thank you in advance for your answer to a knoob.
I'm relatively new to proxmox. I'm using it for my personnal needs and to experiment new things.
I was using esxi 5.5 but i wanted to experiment live migration and other stuff (not available with the free license).
So i decided to move on to proxmox.
I started with one host to test. I enjoyed it and migrated my esxi vm to my first host.
Then i installed a second host to experiment. I now have a 2 nodes cluster.
Both nodes have a standard installation with a ssd as root storage.
I also have 2 nas that i use with a nfs share for backup and image, templates storage.
On host #1 i have some vm not requiring too much ressources (ipbx wazo, jeedom smarthome controller, zabbix monitoring and logitech media server)
On host #2 i have a win8.1 vm with c: partition on ssd and a second drive attached with passtrough (by uuid)
I have a second vm dedicated to docker (as i understood running docker in a lxc container was not reliable).
This vm runs a dozen of containers.
I have some docker containers to add (now running on a synology nas) but i'll need more room.
My plan is to experiment in order to build a new host to replace both hosts. I also want to keep host #1 to run the most important vm in case of failure of the new host. For this new host i plan to have enough ram to use local zfs pool.
On host #2 in a vm i have a plex docker container which need more room for his db and thumbnails. I don't want to use the ssd.
I also have to transfer a unifi-video docker container to this vm. The container can run on the ssd but i need another storage for the video footages.
I want to be able to take snapshots.
I have sata disks unused on the host #2
my synology nas has 4 nics and 6 4TB disks (DS1815+).
I don't know what performances to expect from nfs share storage on the synology. Do i have to dedicate one nic to it ?
If i use local storage on the host by using sata disk how can i use it?
Block or file level ?
I hesitate between directory and lvm thin.
Are these steps correct ?
For lvm thin i have to create pv, vg, lv and convert lv to thin with cli and then add lv thin with gui.
For directory i have to create a partition, format it to ext4 and mount it with fstab with cli then add the mount point with gui as directory.
Thank you in advance for your answer to a knoob.
