proxmox on geekom gt13 max

[Mike2500]

Going to install Proxmox VM on a Geekom mini PC which has 32 mb ram and two 1tb ssd. Also attached is a terramaster das with four 1tb ssd (4td total) connected via thunderbolt.
Was going to mirror (raid 1) the internal ssd. And raid 5 the terramaster das.

Plan was to install Proxmox on internal raid 1 ssd and the VMs on the terramaster das. Data also stored on the Das.
OR would it be better to install Proxmox and VMs on internal ssd? Using the Das for data.

VMs are for (1) home assistant, (2) windows, (3) web browser for home assistant dashboard. Possibly another vm for a home assistant sandbox.


Thanks.

 

[Mike2500]

sorry 32gb of ram not 32mb.....

 

[UdoB]

32gb of ram

"gb" is not defined in this context. Probably (read: definitely) you have GiB --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte#Multiple-byte_units

Scnr...

OR would it be better to install Proxmox and VMs on internal ssd? Using the Das for data.

As usual: "it depends". This would just be my personal choice:

I would install (only) on the two SSD, mirrored ZFS. If these are cheap SSDs (w/o PLP) other filesystems may be a better choice and I am out.

The SSDs are too large for "only" storing the OS on it. Several additional VMs will fit on them. And with ZFS the internal "rpool" is good for everything: a) the OS, b) blockdevices/ZVOL and c) Directory Storage and d) Container Storage via mountpoints/ZFS Datasets.

This allows to separate OS and secondary data. Have the important things on those SSDs and some not-so-important stuff (including some more VMs) on the external device. The reason is simple: external devices always add more complexity --> higher chance for problems. My goal is to have a degraded but functional state when (not: if) the DAS fails.

Again: there may be other arguments, my reply is purely subjective.

Edit: why I prefer ZFS: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/f...s-should-i-use-zfs-at-all.160037/#post-735301