Yes you can use local disk but then you are unable to live move a VM. If you use the local disk with something like gluster then you can line move VMs.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > To those of you out there using Proxmox, I have a couple questions. > > I started messing around with this a year or so ago, but have really just > started to use it in a production environment. > > The main thing I'm wondering about is if it is necessary to have a > separate storage server in place to operate a cluster, or if it is possible > to use the drive(s) on each node. > > Additionally, is a separate storage server necessary to do backups? It > isn't obvious to me that there is any way to create or store a backup > without some sort of network storage that is external to the node(s). > > I'm obviously new at this virtualization / container thing, so, sorry if > these questions sound stupid. > > TIA > > -Jason > > > -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) My website <http://zachunderwood.me> advance-networking.com