Hi.
I'm rather new to ProxMox. I'm thinking if creating a home lab and i'm trying to find the best way to setup ProxMox.
I have a nvme SSD which i intended to use both as the ProxMox boot drive as well as data storage for vms. From what i've read in this thread (post by Radiowave) though, it's not the best idea because (among other reasons) if at some point you decide to reinstall ProxMox, the full disk will be wiped.
After that, i'm starting to move away from this option. An alternative i've thought is to install it on a USB stick but i understand it's not a good solution either because of the heavy log-writing ProxMox has. So, the question now is: is there a way when installing proxmox on a usb stick, to configure it to perform all log-writing to a partition on the nvme disk? If there is a way, if i have to reinstall ProxMox at some point and do the same setup (usb-nvme), will the usb stick be the only thing that will be wiped or if i again set the logs on the nvme, it will also be wiped?
Please, no suggestions of the type "add another disk", i plan to do just that but i want to use either the nvme or the usb-nvme-combination as a way to boot to proxmox. All other disks will be used exclusively for VMs.
I'm rather new to ProxMox. I'm thinking if creating a home lab and i'm trying to find the best way to setup ProxMox.
I have a nvme SSD which i intended to use both as the ProxMox boot drive as well as data storage for vms. From what i've read in this thread (post by Radiowave) though, it's not the best idea because (among other reasons) if at some point you decide to reinstall ProxMox, the full disk will be wiped.
After that, i'm starting to move away from this option. An alternative i've thought is to install it on a USB stick but i understand it's not a good solution either because of the heavy log-writing ProxMox has. So, the question now is: is there a way when installing proxmox on a usb stick, to configure it to perform all log-writing to a partition on the nvme disk? If there is a way, if i have to reinstall ProxMox at some point and do the same setup (usb-nvme), will the usb stick be the only thing that will be wiped or if i again set the logs on the nvme, it will also be wiped?
Please, no suggestions of the type "add another disk", i plan to do just that but i want to use either the nvme or the usb-nvme-combination as a way to boot to proxmox. All other disks will be used exclusively for VMs.