https://homelab.nbkelley.com/tags/raid/ Recent content in Raid on homelab Hugo en Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/infrastructure/proxmox-zfs-setup/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/infrastructure/proxmox-zfs-setup/ <h1 id="proxmox-zfs-storage-setup">Proxmox ZFS Storage Setup<a class="anchor" href="#proxmox-zfs-storage-setup">#</a></h1> <h2 id="what-was-established">What Was Established<a class="anchor" href="#what-was-established">#</a></h2> <p>Procedures for initializing ZFS pools using multiple drives via the Proxmox Web GUI and configuring them as usable storage for Virtual Machines (VMs) and Linux Containers (LXC).</p> <h2 id="key-decisions">Key Decisions<a class="anchor" href="#key-decisions">#</a></h2> <ul> <li><strong>RAID Levels</strong>: Selection depends on the number of disks and redundancy requirements: <ul> <li><strong>Stripe (RAID 0)</strong>: Maximum capacity, no redundancy.</li> <li><strong>Mirror (RAID 1)</strong>: Redundancy, 50% capacity loss.</li> <li><strong>RAID-Z1/Z2</strong>: Requires 3+ disks for parity-based redundancy.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Compression</strong>: <code>lz4</code> is the recommended compression algorithm for performance.</li> <li><strong>Ashift</strong>: Set to <code>12</code> for modern SSDs/NVMe to ensure proper block alignment.</li> <li><strong>Thin Provisioning</strong>: Enabled for storage pools to allow for flexible disk allocation.</li> </ul> <h2 id="current-configuration">Current Configuration<a class="anchor" href="#current-configuration">#</a></h2> <h3 id="1-initialize-zfs-pools-web-gui">1. Initialize ZFS Pools (Web GUI)<a class="anchor" href="#1-initialize-zfs-pools-web-gui">#</a></h3> <p>Navigate to: <code>Datacenter</code> → <code>Node</code> → <code>Disks</code> → <code>ZFS</code></p>