Dell VxRail converted to ProxMox+Ceph?

[RogerFinch73]

Hi

has anyone taken a Dell VxRail (VMware and vSAN) and wiped it, and reprovisioned it as ProxMox with Ceph?

we have a couple of clusters, with Dell servers connected together via Dell 10Gb/100Gb switches - can these be reused or are they restricted in their BIOS etc?

just working out if we need new kit, or can use this?

thanks
Roger

 

[jdancer]

Technically it should work. May want to ask your question at the Promox sub-Reddit forum.

I do run production Proxmox Ceph clusters at work on Dells with no issues. I just made sure all hardware (RAM, CPU, NIC, Storage) is the same and running an IT-mode disk controller.

 

[RogerFinch73]

we logged with Dell support and they say we can wipe and reuse them. they aren't restricted with BIOS or whatever.

I'll take one out of the cluster and see if this is the case. want to build a test standalone server first to ensure Veeam is working ok. v12.2 seems fine on a 'pc' ProxMox install so far