Hi guys, any help with this is appreciated!
This next build will be in a production environment for a small to medium size business that I admin for. It's literally just used for Active Directory and a SMB share of around 150 GB. Originally for the build, I was thinking of creating a fresh Server 2022 domain VM , TrueNas for the Data plus maybe 2 or 3 test VMs so nothing special.
Scenario 1:
What I was originally thinking was to just install PVE and the VMs on a Samsung SM863A MLC 960GB SSDs in a ZFS mirror connected to the two SATA3 connectors on the motherboard and the Data connected to an HBA running 2TBx2 SAS drives most likely. However, I know it would be best practice to keep my PVE install and VMs separate but because these are enterprise SSDs in a mirror, I thought it might be okay. (Also haven't bought the HBA, SAS drives, nor miniSAS cable yet either).
Scenario 2:
Because I only wanted to run like a total of 4 drives, I didn't think I'd need an HBA ,however, I only got 2 SATA3 ports on that board and the other onboard ports are SATA2 ports. So the burning questions I had for everyone was: Would there be any repercussion of running ONLY the PVE Install on some of my existing Enterprise SATA drives (1TB) in a mirror connected to SATA2 ports and the putting my VMs + Data on the Samsung SSDs connected to the SATA 3 ports? Would there be any hit to whatever Proxmox does that would be so different if it was installed on an SSD vs 3Gb/s drive?
This way, should something happen to the Proxmox install, it wouldn't affect the VMS or the Data.
I'll add a 5 TB backup USB drive to this new build for snapshots, etc.
Also have a separate old server which will be a backup and archive depository so there will be multiple backups of my data, no worries.
Supermicro x9DRi-F board E5-2680v2 (x2)
64GB or 128GB of RAM DDR3 ECC
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks
This next build will be in a production environment for a small to medium size business that I admin for. It's literally just used for Active Directory and a SMB share of around 150 GB. Originally for the build, I was thinking of creating a fresh Server 2022 domain VM , TrueNas for the Data plus maybe 2 or 3 test VMs so nothing special.
Scenario 1:
What I was originally thinking was to just install PVE and the VMs on a Samsung SM863A MLC 960GB SSDs in a ZFS mirror connected to the two SATA3 connectors on the motherboard and the Data connected to an HBA running 2TBx2 SAS drives most likely. However, I know it would be best practice to keep my PVE install and VMs separate but because these are enterprise SSDs in a mirror, I thought it might be okay. (Also haven't bought the HBA, SAS drives, nor miniSAS cable yet either).
Scenario 2:
Because I only wanted to run like a total of 4 drives, I didn't think I'd need an HBA ,however, I only got 2 SATA3 ports on that board and the other onboard ports are SATA2 ports. So the burning questions I had for everyone was: Would there be any repercussion of running ONLY the PVE Install on some of my existing Enterprise SATA drives (1TB) in a mirror connected to SATA2 ports and the putting my VMs + Data on the Samsung SSDs connected to the SATA 3 ports? Would there be any hit to whatever Proxmox does that would be so different if it was installed on an SSD vs 3Gb/s drive?
This way, should something happen to the Proxmox install, it wouldn't affect the VMS or the Data.
I'll add a 5 TB backup USB drive to this new build for snapshots, etc.
Also have a separate old server which will be a backup and archive depository so there will be multiple backups of my data, no worries.
Supermicro x9DRi-F board E5-2680v2 (x2)
64GB or 128GB of RAM DDR3 ECC
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks