Help Needed: Managing Hard Drives in Proxmox with Unraid Setup!
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tamenqt · 2023-10-15 14:40

Hey everyone,

I recently set up a home server running Proxmox, and I'm facing a bit
of a dilemma. Here's my current setup: I have a 1TB SSD for Proxmox
OS, another 1TB SSD as cache, and 2x 14TB HDDs connected via SATA
PCIe. I'm relatively new to the self-hosting world and have been
having a great time exploring and experimenting with various setups.

However, I've encountered a major issue that I can't seem to wrap my
head around. When I first installed Proxmox, I used TrueNAS to manage
my hard drive shares. But I ran into problems and switched to Unraid.
It's working better now, but I can't shake the feeling that I might be
missing something crucial.

My main question is: Do I really need a separate container to manage
my hard drives? It seems odd that I can't integrate them directly into
my existing containers. I noticed that Proxmox allows creating ZFS
pools and sharing them using Turnkey, which seems much simpler and
resource-efficient compared to my current XFS pool setup in Unraid.

I'm reaching out for your expertise. What are some elegant solutions
to pass my hard drives directly into my containers within the Proxmox
environment, especially considering my Unraid setup? I'd greatly
appreciate any insights and guidance you can provide!

Thanks in advance for your help! 🚀

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_--__-___--_ · 2023-10-15 22:40

I run unraid in a vm on proxmox. All my drives are connected to a raid
card that I directly pass through to the vm. I have a few lxcs that
run docker and I set up shares from unraid to them using nfs volumes.

I’m not sure I’d do it this way again. I run into issues with stale
file handles on those nfs volumes sometimes, which is annoying, and
usually requires bouncing the container to solve it.

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_--__-___--_ · 2023-10-15 22:42

You could, instead, use zfs on proxmox like you said. Then map
directories on that pool into your vms or containers. There are
requirements around those pools but it sounds like you’re on your way
there (matching disk sizes mainly)