[PVE-User] Create proxmox cluster / storage question.
Leandro Roggerone
leandro at tecnetmza.com.ar
Mon Mar 2 14:37:40 CET 2020
Thanks for the feedback !
Leandro.
El lun., 2 mar. 2020 a las 5:23, Eneko Lacunza (<elacunza at binovo.es>)
escribió:
> Hola Leandro,
>
> El 28/2/20 a las 15:25, Leandro Roggerone escribió:
> > When you talk about redundacy and availability, do you want...
> > - HA? (automatic restart of VMs in the other node in case one server
> fails)
> > - Be able to move VMs from one server to the other "fast" (without
> > copying the disks)?
> > Yes , this is what I want.
> > So regarding my original layout from my 5.5Tb storage:
> > Im using 1T for LVM , 1TB for LVM-thin and 3.5 TB unassigned space, is
> it
> > ok to use this unassigned space for a ceph ?
> > Can I set it later ? with server on production ?
> You can configure Ceph later, with the server in production, yes.
>
> But for Ceph you want single disks, no RAID. So I'd build the server
> with a 2x2TB RAID1 and leave the other 2x2TB disks for adding to Ceph.
>
> Also, read a bit about Ceph before deploying, it is not "sinple" :-)
> https://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/start/intro/
>
> > Other:
> > Using an NFS system, means to have an external server running a file
> sistem?
> > So you should have at least two servers for the cluster and one for the
> > file system?
> > It seems to me that using ceph has a better redundancy plan an it is
> easier
> > to deploy since I only need two servers. (am i right?).
> For Ceph you need at least 3 servers; one of them can be a simple PC but
> you need it for Ceph monitor's quorum. It is recommended too for Proxmox
> cluster, for the same reason.
>
> Really a NFS based solution is simpler, but then NFS server is a simple
> point of failure. Ceph will be more resilient, but you have to
> understand how it works. You may find that having only two servers with
> Ceph storage can be risky when performing maintenance on one of the
> servers.
>
> Saludos
> Eneko
>
> > Thanks!
> >
> > El vie., 28 feb. 2020 a las 11:06, Eneko Lacunza (<elacunza at binovo.es>)
> > escribió:
> >
> >> Hola Leandro,
> >>
> >> El 28/2/20 a las 14:43, Leandro Roggerone escribió:
> >>> Regarding your question , what is the tarjet use for this server.
> >>> I have a dell R610 with 6 drive bays.
> >>> Today I have 4 (2TB) drives in Raid5 , resulting a 5.5TB capacity.
> >>> I will add 2 ssd drives later in raid1 for applications that need more
> >> read
> >>> speed.
> >>> The purpose for this server is to run proxmox with some VMs for
> external
> >>> and internal access.
> >>> Im planning to build a second server and create a cluster just to have
> >> more
> >>> redundancy and availability.
> >>>
> >>> I would like to set all I can now that server is not in production and
> >>> minimize risk later.
> >>> Thats why im asking so many questions.
> >> Asking is good, but we need info to be able to help you ;)
> >>
> >> When you talk about redundacy and availability, do you want...
> >> - HA? (automatic restart of VMs in the other node in case one server
> fails)
> >> - Be able to move VMs from one server to the other "fast" (without
> >> copying the disks)?
> >>
> >> If your answer is yes to any of the previous questions, you have to look
> >> at using a NFS server or deploying Ceph.
> >>
> >> If it's no, then we can talk about local storage in your servers. What
> >> RAID card do you have in that server? Does it have write cache (non
> >> volatile of battery-backed) If it doesn't have such, RAID5 could prove
> >> slow (eat quite CPU), I suggest you use 2xRAID1 or a RAID10 setup. Also,
> >> please bear in mind that RAID5 with "big" disks is considered quite
> >> unsecure (risk of having a second disk failure during recovery is high).
> >>
> >> Saludos
> >> Eneko
> >>> Regards.
> >>> Leandro.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> El vie., 28 feb. 2020 a las 5:49, Eneko Lacunza (<elacunza at binovo.es>)
> >>> escribió:
> >>>
> >>>> Hola Leandro,
> >>>>
> >>>> El 27/2/20 a las 17:29, Leandro Roggerone escribió:
> >>>>> Hi guys , i'm still tunning my 5.5 Tb server.
> >>>>> While setting storage options during install process, I set 2000 for
> hd
> >>>>> size, so I have 3.5 TB free to assign later.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> my layout is as follows:
> >>>>> root at pve:~# lsblk
> >>>>> NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
> >>>>> sda 8:0 0 5.5T 0 disk
> >>>>> ├─sda1 8:1 0 1007K 0 part
> >>>>> ├─sda2 8:2 0 512M 0 part
> >>>>> └─sda3 8:3 0 2T 0 part
> >>>>> ├─pve-swap 253:0 0 8G 0 lvm [SWAP]
> >>>>> ├─pve-root 253:1 0 1T 0 lvm /
> >>>>> ├─pve-data_tmeta 253:2 0 9G 0 lvm
> >>>>> │ └─pve-data 253:4 0 949.6G 0 lvm
> >>>>> └─pve-data_tdata 253:3 0 949.6G 0 lvm
> >>>>> └─pve-data 253:4 0 949.6G 0 lvm
> >>>>> sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My question is:
> >>>>> Is it possible to expand sda3 partition later without service outage
> ?
> >>>>> Is it possible to expand pve group on sda3 partition ?
> >>>> You don't need to expand sda3 really. You can just create a new
> >>>> partition, create a new PV with it and add the new PV to pve VG.
> >>>>
> >>>>> In case to create a proxmox cluster, what should I do with that 3.5
> TB
> >>>> free
> >>>>> ?
> >>>> I don't know really how to reply to this. If you're building a
> cluster,
> >>>> I suggest you configure some kind of shared storage; NFS server or
> Ceph
> >>>> cluster for example.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Is there a best partition type suited for this ? Can I do it without
> >>>>> service outage?
> >>>> For what?
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have not any service running yet , so I can experiment what it
> takes.
> >>>>> Any thought about this would be great.
> >>>> Maybe you can start telling us your target use for this
> server/cluster.
> >>>> Also some detailed spec of the server would help; for example does it
> >>>> have a RAID card with more than one disk, or you're using a 6TB single
> >>>> disk?
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Eneko
> >>>>
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