[PVE-User] Can I get some assistance with installing proxmox on Dell Poweredge R815 servers

[Phil Schwarz]

Hi,
is the use of H700 as Raid controller mandatory ???

Using the H700 as HBA only and configure every disk as JBOD . You could
save you Energy, Stress,... :

- Using ZFS Raidz (=Raid1) for Proxmox system disks may be worth it.
Simple, integrated into Proxmox base system, ..
A real pleasure, especially when a disk failure occurs and you have to
rescue the array. You'll love ZFS (if you don't love it currently)

- Use every other disk as OSD object storage for Ceph backend storage.


A dozen nodes ceph cluster build over R715 could achieve pretty good
perfs if network is decent.

Best regards


Le 25/05/2018 à 22:28, lemonnierk at ulrar.net a écrit :
> Ah, neat. I have no idea how to use this, but I'll forward this to our
> ansible guys, we do spend a lot of time making clusters by hand so that
> might help, thanks !
> 
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:23:54PM -0700, Musee Ullah wrote:
>> If you use Ansible in house, you might also want to check out this role to save some management
>> headache:
>>
>> https://galaxy.ansible.com/lae/proxmox/
>>
>> (provided you either don't have that driver (?) issue on bare debian 9 or figure it out)
>>
>> -- 
>> Musee Ullah <lae at lae.is>
>>
>> 2018-05-25 (金) の 21:13 +0100 に lemonnierk at ulrar.net さんは書きました:
>>> Yeah, I'd advise just installing regular debian and adding the
>>> proxmox repo on top : works like a charm. The debian installer is way
>>> easier for basically anything but the most simple setups, I find.
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 12:36:02PM -0700, Alex Chekholko wrote:
>>>> I don't know the answer off the top of my head but it would help you to
>>>> expand your search to just any Debian installation on that hardware, as
>>>> "proxmox" is just a specific variant of Debian. You can also try a Debian
>>>> installation yourself on those hosts.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 12:34 PM Pina, Bruce <BPina at bahakel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We are evaluating Proxmox as a replacement for our Citrix Xenserver
>>>>> environment. So far we've been pleased with what we have seen on the test
>>>>> system we built out using 2 Dell Poweredge R715 servers. The problem we are
>>>>> running into is when attempting to install proxmox on one of the Poweredge
>>>>> R815 servers that make up the bulk of our Xenserver infrastructure. We
>>>>> currently have a dozen of these servers in house, and having to replace
>>>>> them would be beyond what our budget can manage. The issue with installing
>>>>> on the R815 has to do with the proxmox installation process not detecting
>>>>> RAID arrays configured on the Perc H700 embedded RAID controllers that are
>>>>> in the machines. I have seen from some research online that there are other
>>>>> people who have apparently successfully installed proxmox on the R815 using
>>>>> the H700, but I have not been able to learn how they pulled it off. Can
>>>>> someone please provide some guidance in this matter as we feel that this
>>>>> minor stumbling block is keeping us from a successful displacement of
>>>>> Xenserver by Proxmox. Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Pina
>>>>> Corporate IT Manager
>>>>> Bahakel Communications Ltd.
>>>>> bpina at bahakel.com<mailto:bpina at bahakel.com>
>>>>> 704-632-7280
>>>>>
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