From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0924466DAD for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:43:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E9535160F0 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:43:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from silla1.verdnatura.es (silla1.verdnatura.es [84.124.36.2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 5D572160E6 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:43:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by silla1.verdnatura.es (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49125A0085; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:36:01 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: silla1.verdnatura.es (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) reason="pass (just generated, assumed good)" header.d=verdnatura.es DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=verdnatura.es; h= content-transfer-encoding:message-id:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:subject:subject:from:from:date:date:content-type :content-type:mime-version:received:received; s=mail; t= 1610354160; bh=f5w7BkD7KiA3Lp3fN++AqmlOGy8du5DjV4hDj7e5Wfk=; b=W JwcE/ZHzBlBUhJLM6CxN8Ub2MGj+jKkto+vqUKpLEmmhTtmrqErTL403BiQAuJmq XOzh4UIcDoT0tRjyR4jQLzHL7+2MjAFTy32F4qNZk7IAY4YbowPqc1T3gKz20v54 mpi9l4T1CvHSCVqTQX5+dAErvKoLMloaGj9LI3pl0I= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at verdnatura.es Received: from silla1.verdnatura.es ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (silla1.verdnatura.es [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id poIferXoEpoZ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:36:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.verdnatura.es (vch1.static.verdnatura.es [172.16.255.29]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by silla1.verdnatura.es (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BD95BA007A; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:36:00 +0100 (CET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:36:00 +0100 From: nada To: Getachew Mekonnen Cc: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com In-Reply-To: <866269398.677434.1610310276937@mail.yahoo.com> References: <866269398.677434.1610310276937.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <866269398.677434.1610310276937@mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.4.2 Message-ID: <29b39848fc2942cf2613a24459414cdf@verdnatura.es> X-Sender: nada@verdnatura.es Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 1 DEAR_SOMETHING 1.731 Contains 'Dear (something)' DKIM_SIGNED 0.1 Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid DKIM_VALID -0.1 Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature DKIM_VALID_AU -0.1 Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain DKIM_VALID_EF -0.1 Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from envelope-from domain SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Proxmox X-BeenThere: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE user list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:43:18 -0000 good day in Ethiopia ;-) in case you have good RAID controller i will do the following 1. boot to RAID controller manager and configure 3 hdd =3D RAID5 2 hdd =3D RAID1 1 hdd GlobalHotSpare 2. boot to ISO proxmox and install ZFS over that raid5 (use whole space) 3. create filesystem 'backup' over that raid1 (mirror) e.g ext4 in LVM2 4. add filesystem 'backup' to proxmox storage 5. nagios and mailserver may be created in CTs (containers) hope you will have 2nd server and be able to create proxmox cluster in near future. After that you will see great advantage of rapid ZFS good luck Nada On 2021-01-10 21:24, Getachew Mekonnen wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > This is Getachew from Ethiopia. I'm an IT Expert at public > organization and very keen to use Proxmox for my environment. As a > beginner, I tried to understand the basic concepts from the official > guide and also watched videos.=C2=A0 > But, I have some questions which I'm not clear with. My server is Dell > Poweredge r730 with 56 GB RAM; and 6 SAS hdds each with 300 GB.=C2=A0 > 1. My first question is which RAID level (hd) I use?2. How do I use > the hard disks, this is to mean, For example I dedicate the one 300 GB > hdd for Proxmox, the other for one VM, the other for another VM, or > shall I use another arrangement? > Generally, It would be nice if I get a quick start guide for my > scenario (In my scenario, I want to create one Windows File Server, > One Ubuntu Mail Server (Zimbra), and one Ubuntu Nagios) > I greatly appreciate your time and consideration. > Best regards, >=20 > Getachew Mekonnen >=20 > Senior IT Expert, PBS Program IT Support >=20 > ICT Directorate, Bureau of Finance and Economic Development (BoFED) >=20 > Hawassa, Ethiopia