NFS on NAS on 2.0

[elmacus]

Hi.
Is there possible to use pve2.0 distro as NAS with NFS instead of openfiler/freenas/squezze.
Its i nice gui and easy install. Do you see any problem with this? Can you setup eveything needed for nfs from gui?
My thinking is also that the nas can be member of cluster, and backup for some kvm.

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[knireis]

i don't think this will work. proxmox is virtualization software. it is not a sort of operating system. it allows you to run and manage more than 1 operating system on a computer.
to function properly it needs a lot of memory, most nas devices have not sufficient memory.
I would suggest to look at www.openmediavault.com if you want to run a operating system with nfs on your nas.

 

[dietmar]

Proxmox VE is a full featured operating system. It does not need much memory by default.

 

[elmacus]

Thanks for input.
I know proxmox is for virtualization.
The server i have in mind has alot of memory and disk, so its just matter of finding the best stable solution. And what is more stable than Proxmox ?
File this under "future features" 3.0

I will try OpenMediaVault instead, looks good on features, and similar webgui. Or i just go to squeeze.

 

[elmacus]

The reason why use Proxmox was also for vzdump, its nice to compress the backupfiles directly on the nas for transport to backup-system.
The Readynas we use today cant compress the raw or qcow2 files.