Proxmox on USB

[MisterY]

Hi,

Is it recommendable to install Proxmox on an USB-Stick?

Or will it kill the USB-Stick?

 

[tschanness]

It's not. It will kill your USB Stick (very fast).

Regards, Jonas

 

[MisterY]

Damn.
Right now I'm using Proxmox on two Samsung EVO 850 SSDs in ZFS-RAID1 and there are my VMs and LXCs stored.
But I think it is actually a waste of a SSD since only two LXC-Container is really important (Ubuntu 16.10 with Nextcloud and one Ubuntu 16.10 with Wordpress). But here's the question if I need to run them on the SSDs or will be the ZFS RAIDz1 made out of three HDDs fast enough for the webaccess? And I'm making backups every week.

 

[tschanness]

That depends on your needs an on how much RAM you have - it's probably going to be fast enough.

Regards, Jonas

 

[MisterY]

I got 16GB. Should be enough I think.

 

[koulis1234]

Hey guys,

So this is my first post here we are now trying out proxmox before making the switch from esxi but I have a usb install concern too.

The deal is that Im setting up one of the servers in a satellite office, so its just a small xeon D system with no HBA, so to maximise the available HDD spots i installed on a zfs raid1 of sandisk ultra fits.

I am aware that swap and the log files that proxmox writes are killing the usb so i ld rather move those to the zfs pool. I havent been able to find out how to change the logs location and whats the best practise for moving the zfs swap?

Thanks a lot!