In a small setup (mostly for testing for now) I am deploying PBS inside a proxmox VM. Data will be stored in a usb external storage since that machine can't have more disks. Should I use the usb storage as a usb device inside the vm or better to use it as a disk and mount a zfs storage in proxmox? Also another question is this possible to cache the writes or metadata to speed revovery and backups?
usb disk passthrough for PBS & cache?
- Thread starter benoitc
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I'd recommend against using USB passthrough for disk access, as it is rather slow and will limit your bandwidth. Just put a filesystem on the disk and assign that to the VM.
If you use ZFS you can look into special devices to speed things up (these can also be just a partition on a faster installed drive). We don't recommend using USB storage for VMs in general, but for a test setup that should work.
If you use ZFS you can look into special devices to speed things up (these can also be just a partition on a faster installed drive). We don't recommend using USB storage for VMs in general, but for a test setup that should work.
