Hi all,
I'm taking Proxmox v2 for a test drive. I'm planning to install it on a dedicated server, so using the ISO installation is not an option for me.
Going the Debian way, I have a few questions about filesystems and disk configuration.
I was planning to use 2 x 3 TB SATA disks in software RAID 1, put a small /boot partition on there and use LVM for the rest. It seems I can only use local directory storage for OpenVZ containers, so I suppose I would create a volume for /var/vz:
1. What FS would you recommend for this volume, I found in some older forum posts that EXT3 is prefered, is this still standing?
2. Are there any special considerations if I would like to increase the size of this volume later?
Then for KVM guests:
1. What is recommended for local storage, LVM, qcow or raw images and why?
2. Would it be wise to put all LVM volumes in the same group, or is it a good idea to create a special VG for virtual machines, does this have any advantages/disadvantages?
Any feedback on above questions is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Bram
I'm taking Proxmox v2 for a test drive. I'm planning to install it on a dedicated server, so using the ISO installation is not an option for me.
Going the Debian way, I have a few questions about filesystems and disk configuration.
I was planning to use 2 x 3 TB SATA disks in software RAID 1, put a small /boot partition on there and use LVM for the rest. It seems I can only use local directory storage for OpenVZ containers, so I suppose I would create a volume for /var/vz:
1. What FS would you recommend for this volume, I found in some older forum posts that EXT3 is prefered, is this still standing?
2. Are there any special considerations if I would like to increase the size of this volume later?
Then for KVM guests:
1. What is recommended for local storage, LVM, qcow or raw images and why?
2. Would it be wise to put all LVM volumes in the same group, or is it a good idea to create a special VG for virtual machines, does this have any advantages/disadvantages?
Any feedback on above questions is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Bram