Hi guys,
I am rolling out proxmox for my small business and im considering if the added complexity of proper HA is worth it for me since i can handle 5 min of downtime in case of hardware failure.
detail:
3 servers: one of which is very old so stays powered off only as a last resort and two which are online.
hosting websites, email, ldap and so on
Assuming i can accept the restart of a vm should i create a virtual shared storage (ceph or glusterfs) and use proxmox ha or just to backup the vm's between nodes every hour or so and just restart the vm on another node if one fails. A simple script with a software watchdog could do the latter but would take like 5 minutes for a vm to be back up (i suppose) compared to being instant in the case of HA
What do you think in terms of effort/benefit ratio?
I would really appreciate your input!!
Thanks!
I am rolling out proxmox for my small business and im considering if the added complexity of proper HA is worth it for me since i can handle 5 min of downtime in case of hardware failure.
detail:
3 servers: one of which is very old so stays powered off only as a last resort and two which are online.
hosting websites, email, ldap and so on
Assuming i can accept the restart of a vm should i create a virtual shared storage (ceph or glusterfs) and use proxmox ha or just to backup the vm's between nodes every hour or so and just restart the vm on another node if one fails. A simple script with a software watchdog could do the latter but would take like 5 minutes for a vm to be back up (i suppose) compared to being instant in the case of HA
What do you think in terms of effort/benefit ratio?
I would really appreciate your input!!
Thanks!