Thanks for the input guys! On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Answers inline below:- > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Jason McKemie" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > *To: *[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *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 > >
