Recommended Read/Write/Ops settings for normal HDD ?

Mecanik

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Hello,

I am having a hard time figuring out the best average values to limit read/write/ops for a "normal" HDD like HGST_HUS726020ALA610.

I got 2x2 TB of these in SoftRaid, and machines running only Windows server. Because these machines have SQL on them sometimes a machine can read/write so much that it lags the whole node.

I currently limited the read/write only at 12 Mbps per machine, however I am not convinced this is quite good.

If someone has experience with these "normal" HDD's and can give me some recommendation I would really appreciate it!
 
ecause these machines have SQL on them sometimes a machine can read/write so much that it lags the whole node.
Run the Proxmox OS on another disk to separate the IO. And if possible disable SWAP, as it adds additional IO.
 

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