Hello everyone,
I'm new here and if my post isn't in the right place or I don't respect certain rules, please excuse me.
I would like to install Proxmox VE on a machine with 3 disks and I don't know what is the best choice for partitioning.
To be more precise, I'm in a homelab and not in production, the machine is a Lenovo m80q Gen3 (i5-12500t) and the 3 disks are made up of 2 nvme (pcie 4.0) and a Sata SSD.
According to my research, it's better to install the OS on the SATA and keep the NVMEs for the virtual machines, but should I use ZFS? Would you advise me to use raid 1 with the NVMEs? Or 1 NVME disk for the VMs and the second which I use as a cache?
What would you do in my place?
In view of the information you have, would you recommend an NVME drive in particular? I was hesitating between the crucial P3 Plus and the Samsung 980 Pro.
I'd also like to manage the backup of my VMs on another device, so I don't need to include any VMs backup in the 3 disks, and all my VMs will largely fit on 1 NVME disk only (like 1tb disk).
If you need any further information, I'll be happy to answer you.
Thanks in advance for your answers, any advice is good to take.
Matt.
I'm new here and if my post isn't in the right place or I don't respect certain rules, please excuse me.
I would like to install Proxmox VE on a machine with 3 disks and I don't know what is the best choice for partitioning.
To be more precise, I'm in a homelab and not in production, the machine is a Lenovo m80q Gen3 (i5-12500t) and the 3 disks are made up of 2 nvme (pcie 4.0) and a Sata SSD.
According to my research, it's better to install the OS on the SATA and keep the NVMEs for the virtual machines, but should I use ZFS? Would you advise me to use raid 1 with the NVMEs? Or 1 NVME disk for the VMs and the second which I use as a cache?
What would you do in my place?
In view of the information you have, would you recommend an NVME drive in particular? I was hesitating between the crucial P3 Plus and the Samsung 980 Pro.
I'd also like to manage the backup of my VMs on another device, so I don't need to include any VMs backup in the 3 disks, and all my VMs will largely fit on 1 NVME disk only (like 1tb disk).
If you need any further information, I'll be happy to answer you.
Thanks in advance for your answers, any advice is good to take.
Matt.
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