P pattonb Well-Known Member Oct 20, 2020 37 0 46 59 Yesterday at 23:49 #1 I have a pair of 4 tb drives, and want to partion it into 2 2 tb partitions, for the pve environment. Is that an acceptable solution/use of the drive, as I would like to use 2 tb of the drive just for storage, maybe backups.
I have a pair of 4 tb drives, and want to partion it into 2 2 tb partitions, for the pve environment. Is that an acceptable solution/use of the drive, as I would like to use 2 tb of the drive just for storage, maybe backups.
J jdancer Renowned Member May 26, 2019 227 67 68 55 Today at 05:11 #2 Best practice is to separate OS and data storage. So, install OS on small boot drives mirrored. I use ZFS RAID-1. Then rest of drives for VMs/data. Your future self will thank you. Reactions: news
Best practice is to separate OS and data storage. So, install OS on small boot drives mirrored. I use ZFS RAID-1. Then rest of drives for VMs/data. Your future self will thank you.
