Recommendations for My Hardware

[DevKelly]

Hi All,

I've been running an esxi server for years and use vms heavily. I'm running a couple of domain controllers (linux) as well as several network utilities that my home network depends on. Several other vms support my software development job.

I recently purchased an r720 (192GB/8x2TB) to go with my existing r710(148GB/8x2TB). The 710 is the esxi server. I also run TrueNAS on an old HP MicroServer (8GB/4x1.5TB). I have some other old hardware that I'm probably going to retire due to large power consumption and noise.

Anyway, my plan has been to replace esxi with proxmox and have a 2 node proxmox cluster, likely backing up to the TrueNAS server. Is that a good plan? I'd love to get thoughts on how I can maximize the utility of my hardware. Ideal proxmox setup? Backup? Other considerations?

I realize this is a pretty open-ended request. However, your feedback would be most welcome.

 

[Dunuin]

Anyway, my plan has been to replace esxi with proxmox and have a 2 node proxmox cluster, likely backing up to the TrueNAS server. Is that a good plan?

A cluster needs always 3+ machines. Either 3 PVE nodes or 2 PVE nodes + 1 machine as qdevice as the third voter for quorum (could for example be a VM on TrueNAS, a PBS, a SBC/thinclient, ...). See the whole https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cluster_Manager before thinking of a cluster.

Backup?

Onsite PBS + offsite PBS + something else like Veeam/Borg/Bacula to backups physical machines and file level backups of Win/Mac/non-Debian-Linux.

 

[DevKelly]

A cluster needs always 3+ machines. Either 3 PVE nodes or 2 PVE nodes + 1 machine as qdevice as the third voter for quorum (could for example be a VM on TrueNAS, a PBS, a SBC/thinclient, ...). See the whole https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cluster_Manager before thinking of a cluster.

Good to know - I can do that.