Whats the faster VM storage on Proxmox

This is a fantastic primer on file storage for proxmox.

I'm in the process of building an nvme Proxmox server using a combination onboard nvme drive w/ 4 x 2TB nvme in zraid 10
That said and based on your experience, would this be the optimal way to go for vm's?

ps. having read multiple posts or comments on ssd wear, I remain a bit worried on my setup choice as I'd like to get the most out of my storage system without sacrificing the life of the devices - ie, 3 years would seem reasonable for a refresh imo

Not gonna lie...I need a whole new vocabulary lol. Thanks for the explanations. I kind of dove face first into the world of Virtualization and wow do I need an adult. I bought some pc guts off a coworker for $500. 64 x AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core Processor, 64 Gigs RAM (forgot the speed/version), and an ASROCK MB. I threw in 24TB of spinning rust and now learning how to VM/setup an enterprise. End goal...stay employed lol. Thanks again for the help.

What about draid?

Ceph RADOS is definitely the way to go, I hope that the performance for BTRFS is improved in the future, I do not really care for RAID5 or 6 and prefer 10, 1 or none generally anyway. BTRFS send and receive is a killer feature. I prefer that BTRFS is licensed and in kernel, this make booting and recovery senarios based on BTRFS potentially better with some work on proxmox side.

cross fingers for BTRFS.

awesome overview and cleanly laid out.

Hello dear EW, please can you again review Proxmox 8 with ZFS vs BTRFS performance?

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I feel like there's a code in your blinking. Maybe Morse code?

What file system do you recommend for a server whose storage needs keep growing at a high rate. LVM?

Great video.
It is worth mentioning that it is possible to use the same ZFS pool to store all kinds of data (vdisks, backups, isos etc.). The user may create 2 datasets, and assign the first dataset as zfs storage and the second one as a directory.

Ext4 isn’t faster than Ext2 because it is a journaling file system like NTFS. Journaling File Systems have overhead from the journaling. Like it wasn’t good to have a LUKS on ext3 or ext4

You are a smart Cooke. Thank you, this info is very helpful.

Hello,


I'm installing the new version for the first time on an HP server with 4 300G disks, I want to know the recommended option for using the disks, keep proxmox installed on a single disk and use the rest in pool zsf mode for the vms?
What option do you recommend?
Thanks


Best Regards

Nice presentation of what's available and pros/cons... good vid!
Will stayed tuned for future content...thx.

Thanks, very useful info in this video.

Informative. Thank you!

I’ve been trying to learn Proxmox the past couple days and this was SUPER helpful. Thanks a bunch man. Strait to the point and you explain your opinions on the facts presented.