Hi Jason, You can create a cluster without external storage, but because it is syncronys replication it will double your write hit. But if you have a solid network and solid drives you'll barely notice if at all.
For backups I recommend you use separate storage. Otherwise your risking losing your data if your primary raid array dies. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On Feb 8, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Jason McKemie <[email protected]> > 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 > >
