After long hesitating: Mini-pc and Synology NAS vs. custom build pc with Proxmox and Virtual NAS (probably OpenMediaVault). I will go for the latter option. Just wanted to check whether the setup I am heading for is feasible:
1) I want to install the Proxmox (operating) system to a SSD.
2) 2 or 3 HDD disks I want to use for data based on ZFS file system (RAID1 or RAIDZ1).
3) I want to use SSD caching.
4) Now and then I do a clean reinstall of the Proxmox system the ZFS file system should remain intact.
5) OpenMediaVault will run in a container and folders of host will be local shared with the guest container via bind.
Question, do I need 2 SSD's, i.e. one for Proxmox and one for SSD caching or can I combine one? Taking into account I want to keep stuff as independent building block as possible. Is the SSD cache drive integral part of the ZFS pool? Because if it is it might me handier to have separate ones for the OS and caching.
1) I want to install the Proxmox (operating) system to a SSD.
2) 2 or 3 HDD disks I want to use for data based on ZFS file system (RAID1 or RAIDZ1).
3) I want to use SSD caching.
4) Now and then I do a clean reinstall of the Proxmox system the ZFS file system should remain intact.
5) OpenMediaVault will run in a container and folders of host will be local shared with the guest container via bind.
Question, do I need 2 SSD's, i.e. one for Proxmox and one for SSD caching or can I combine one? Taking into account I want to keep stuff as independent building block as possible. Is the SSD cache drive integral part of the ZFS pool? Because if it is it might me handier to have separate ones for the OS and caching.
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