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Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Jason McKemie" <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 12:06:31 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] Proxmox > 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. You can use it either way... our first & 2nd iterations were using local storage on each promox host node. We would store daily backup on an external storage box (NFS, Freenas, Zfs etc). and simply restore the KVM from backup in case of node failure. There are folks who used external common storage and as such moving/ restoring vm's was easy. Our current iteration is using Proxmox v4 Host+CEPH Node cluster of 3 + 2 additional Host Nodes. (3 HOST are dual purpose, they are being used as Proxmox Hosts as well as CEPH nodes). This configuration while heavy on the hardware, allows for potential loss of 2 of the storage nodes while still operating. > 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). Highly recommended.. for multiple reasons... you can create a local data partition (if your local storage is large enough) and store backup's locally. In our first & 2nd gen, we were doing two backups every day.. one to local storage and 2nd to external storage. > I'm obviously new at this virtualization / container thing, so, sorry if these > questions sound stupid. The only question that is stupid is one that is not asked :) > TIA > -Jason
