Newbie - how to configure and use disks

[yamyum1]

Hi everyone!

Am new to Proxmox and i have a question regarding the optimal storage configuration for what i have.

Am building a home server to use as a media server (Plex, Nzbget, Sonarr etc), run PiHole, HA and a few other things.

How should i configure the storage? I currently have:

• 1x500GB NVME SSD
• 2x4TB HDDs
• 1x16TB HDD - planning to use this for the media share, don't require redundancy

Should i install Proxmox on SATA with ZFS1 and host the VM's on the NVME? Or should i install Proxmox and host the VM's on the NVME and use the other hdds as storage? Do i need to be aware of anything when installing Proxmox on an SSD so it doesn't wareout quickly?

How would you configure the storage with the drives i have?

Thanks

 

[kaltsi]

Hi,

As I see you will have only one node.
It is depend on the VMs and what do you want.
Please refer to the storage section of the documentation first.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage (Dir, LVM, LVM-thin)

Because lot of things depend on the type of the storage. (snapshot, etc.)

For example, I create a raid 0 with 4 TB disks for the operating system and store small things.
For example, an SSD is good for a VM OS, but that’s just an idea.