Installing Proxmox on Minipc: Partitioning and ZFS Configuration Tips

norbo80

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Hey everyone,

I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I'm looking to install Proxmox on my Minipc for the first time. My hardware specs are 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB NVME drive. I plan to use Proxmox for Plex (in LXC containers), a few other LXC containers, and 2-3 virtual machines (Windows/Linux).

Unfortunately, I'm inexperienced with partitioning.

  1. I'd like to use the ZFS file system (unless someone recommends otherwise). Which ZFS Raid should I use? Data safety is not so important to me. If I lose them I'll install and configure again.
  2. I want to divide the 512 GB as follows: 64 GB for PVE + ISOs (for a maximum of 2-3 ISO images, and 64 GB should be enough for the system). The second partition would be for VMs and LXC. I've seen options during installation in the GUI, but I have no idea what to set there (hdspace, ashift, copies, checksum, compress). Could someone provide me with recommended settings? If a single NVME drive turns out to be insufficient, do I have the option to add a 128 GB SSD via USB.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
 
please search before post.
zfs will eat your not datacenter ssd.
+ by default zfs use up to 50% of your ram.
stay on ext4/Lvmthin.
 
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