Proxmox Backup Server best practice for datastore Backing Path location when sharing the root filesystem

[logui]

I installed Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) on a single 2TB NVME SSD on a mini-PC, I can't add a second drive to be used as the Datastore, therefore the Datastore location will be on the same root filesystem as PBS.

When creating the Datastore, I have to provide the absolute path in the root filesystem to the directory, I know I can simple create /backups, but I would like to understand what is the best practice when the Datastore coexist with the root filesystem of PBS, should I create the backups directory somewhere else? Maybe under another directory?

Thanks

 

[Chris]

I installed Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) on a single 2TB NVME SSD on a mini-PC, I can't add a second drive to be used as the Datastore, therefore the Datastore location will be on the same root filesystem as PBS.

When creating the Datastore, I have to provide the absolute path in the root filesystem to the directory, I know I can simple create /backups, but I would like to understand what is the best practice when the Datastore coexist with the root filesystem of PBS, should I create the backups directory somewhere else? Maybe under another directory?

Thanks

Hi, if the datastore is located on another disk, the datastores backing path is typically mounted located under /mnt/datastore. But any other path can be used. Just make sure that you do not create the datastore on the root path (that will cause you trouble and should not be possible with the latest version of PBS) and that you do not nest datastore folders.