I'm about to do my first Proxmox install and any advice on how to partition my drives would be much appreciated.
Helpful advice from this forum suggested I should install Proxmox on a Raid1 array of SSDs which would then have my OS and VMs/containers etc.
However, I went and got a pair of 800GB S3700s (thanks @Patrick) - so bigger than I originally anticipated. Should I still use these exclusively for the OS, VMs & containers? Or should I also create a partition for ZFS logs and a ZFS cache (whatever they are) ? Or should I use the excess space for more media/file storage?
My use case:
The system is for a home server for media storage, file syncing e.g. owncloud, media server, security cameras, remote backups of family data, etc. I can't imagine that it will ever be more than one node. The majority of my media & files will be put on my pair of 3TB WD reds in this system and I'll add more drives as I need them.
My hardware:
MB: Supermicro X11SSM-F
CPU: Xeon E3-1240 V5
RAM: 2x16GB ECC
SSD: 2x800GB Intel s3700
HDD: 2x3TB WD Red
(I also have a 2TB Seagate and a 2TB WD Green, but I think the WD Green is in the process of failing so I don't know if I'm going to use either of those 2TB drives)
Helpful advice from this forum suggested I should install Proxmox on a Raid1 array of SSDs which would then have my OS and VMs/containers etc.
However, I went and got a pair of 800GB S3700s (thanks @Patrick) - so bigger than I originally anticipated. Should I still use these exclusively for the OS, VMs & containers? Or should I also create a partition for ZFS logs and a ZFS cache (whatever they are) ? Or should I use the excess space for more media/file storage?
My use case:
The system is for a home server for media storage, file syncing e.g. owncloud, media server, security cameras, remote backups of family data, etc. I can't imagine that it will ever be more than one node. The majority of my media & files will be put on my pair of 3TB WD reds in this system and I'll add more drives as I need them.
My hardware:
MB: Supermicro X11SSM-F
CPU: Xeon E3-1240 V5
RAM: 2x16GB ECC
SSD: 2x800GB Intel s3700
HDD: 2x3TB WD Red
(I also have a 2TB Seagate and a 2TB WD Green, but I think the WD Green is in the process of failing so I don't know if I'm going to use either of those 2TB drives)