[SOLVED] Optimum setup help

ganewbie

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I am trying to set up a new server and would like to know what is the best option for adding storages for VMs.
The server has a hardware raid card this zfs is not an option afaik.
Here is some output that could help you guys to suggest and help:
pveversion -v
Code:
proxmox-ve: 6.3-1 (running kernel: 5.4.34-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.3-3 (running version: 6.3-3/eee5f901)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.3-3
pve-kernel-helper: 6.3-3
pve-kernel-5.4.78-2-pve: 5.4.78-2
pve-kernel-5.4.34-1-pve: 5.4.34-2
ceph-fuse: 12.2.11+dfsg1-2.1+b1
corosync: 3.0.4-pve1
criu: 3.11-3
glusterfs-client: 5.5-3
ifupdown: 0.8.35+pve1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.3-1
libjs-extjs: 6.0.1-10
libknet1: 1.16-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.7
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.0.2-1
libpve-access-control: 6.1-3
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.1-3
libpve-common-perl: 6.3-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.1-3
libpve-http-server-perl: 3.1-1
libpve-storage-perl: 6.3-3
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1
lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4
lxc-pve: 4.0.3-1
lxcfs: 4.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1
proxmox-backup-client: 1.0.6-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.4-3
pve-cluster: 6.2-1
pve-container: 3.3-2
pve-docs: 6.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200531-1
pve-firewall: 4.1-3
pve-firmware: 3.1-3
pve-ha-manager: 3.1-1
pve-i18n: 2.2-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 5.1.0-7
pve-xtermjs: 4.7.0-3
qemu-server: 6.3-2
smartmontools: 7.1-pve2
spiceterm: 3.1-1
vncterm: 1.6-2
zfsutils-linux: 0.8.5-pve1

/etc/pve/storage.cfg
Code:
dir: local
        path /var/lib/vz
        content vztmpl,iso
        shared 0

lvmthin: local-lvm
        thinpool data
        vgname pve
        content images,rootdir

nfs: Networkstorage
        export /Proxmox_x.y.z.80
        path /mnt/pve/QNAP
        server x.y.z.120
        content backup
        prune-backups keep-all=1

lvmthin: QDisk-VMs
        thinpool QDisk-VMs
        vgname QDisk-VMs
        content rootdir,images

lvs
Code:
LV        VG        Attr       LSize    Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  QDisk-VMs  QDisk-VMs  twi-a-tz--  912.73g             0.00   0.21
  QDisk-disk QDisk-disk twi-a-tz-- <934.64g             0.00   0.21
  data      pve       twi-a-tz--  151.59g             0.00   1.05
  root      pve       -wi-ao----   59.25g
  swap      pve       -wi-ao----    8.00g

Our intention was to create 2 lvm-thin drives to save the VMs and iso but we may have picked the wrong choice?
What do you recommend?
 
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