Noob question on Storage

[Nbecker65]

Hi all,

New to Proxmox & LVM really and had a question about storage methodology and wanted to see from the gurus of this made sense. I have a 120 GB SSD and a 3TB HDD. I installed Proxmox on the 120 SSD and what to do is add the 3TB to where I can add data to it and point an Emby Turnkey server there for some media as well as store some VMs on the 3 TB. Would I add the 3TB as a separate LVM on the server then create and volume group or a new directory tree like ext 3 or XFS?

 

[Nbecker65]

Ok so I have created physical volume for my large 3TB drive and created a volume group called data storage.

vgcreate Data-Storage /dev/sda1

I then created logic volume called media.

lvcreate -L 2000G -T -n Media Data-Storage
mkfs.ext3 /dev/Data-Storage/Media
mkdir /mnt/Media
echo '/dev/Data-Storage/Media /mnt/Media ext3 defaults 0 2' >> /etc/fstab
mount -a
pct set 100 -mp1 /mnt/Media,mp=/mnt/Media

But this doesn't seem to work I get issues where the container doesn't open up.

 

[fireon]

The best way is to use it with lvm-thin too. Like this:
https://deepdoc.at/dokuwiki/doku.ph...vm_und_lxc:lvm_thin_unter_proxmox_hinzufuegen

cfdisk /dev/sdb
vgcreate pve1 /dev/sdb1
lvcreate -L 100G -n data1 pve1
lvconvert --type thin-pool pve1/data1

After this add the new lvm-Thin in the storagetab. Then you can add a new volume to your Container. Not a mountpoint.

 

[Nbecker65]

Ok so I created the volume group Data-Storage and the logic volume Media then i converted it to thin-pool. How and where do I add the new volume to the container? Also does this mean my Samba share built in to the media appliance turnkey server will in this new volume? Thanks for the help.

 

[fireon]

Normaly over the webinterface. Click to resources --> Add Mountpoint and create your new volume.

 

[Nbecker65]

Does this look right? What do I put down for the path?

 

[fireon]

Yes right. Path is the mountpoint for the new volume in you container. If you click on the "HELP" button, everything is described.

 

[Nbecker65]

Awesome thank you for help.

 

[fireon]

Awesome thank you for help.

Fine! Please at the solved flag to your thread by edit the title. Thanks