New storage server #316

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oysteikt · 2026-01-29T04:32:53+01:00

oysteikt commented

2026-01-29 04:32:53 +01:00

We demand more disk space!

Why? Because we have so many data
Where? Brus, presumably
When? Yesterday!
Whomst've? ...

We should plan out a purchase of new disks and possibly a new server, think out a good configuration for these disks, balancing performance and resilience. This would likely also become the new place for the powerpuff proxmox cluster to store their VM disks, the new home for the user home directories, and maybe also the new home for things like S3 and databases and stuff.

Please leave comments below with progress updates and results from various discussions

We demand more disk space! - Why? Because we have so many data - Where? Brus, presumably - When? Yesterday! - Whomst've? ... We should plan out a purchase of new disks and possibly a new server, think out a good configuration for these disks, balancing performance and resilience. This would likely also become the new place for the powerpuff proxmox cluster to store their VM disks, the new home for the user home directories, and maybe also the new home for things like S3 and databases and stuff. Please leave comments below with progress updates and results from various discussions

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2026-01-29 04:52:36 +01:00

Update microbel #319

oysteikt moved this to High priority in Kanban on 2026-01-29 04:54:01 +01:00

felixalb commented

2026-01-29 12:32:36 +01:00

Correction: When? Yesteryear!

From previous discussions, I think we have pretty much landed on:

Use 3.5" drives. Servers/Chassis with 2.5" might be easier to source, but the disks are worse and/or more expensive
Use ZFS
- Not exactly sure on which layout, but we have at least considered different type disks in pairs (meaning several vdevs where each is a 2-wide mirror)
Operating system: Any UNIX-like with good support for ZFS and NFS, e.g. NixOS, FreeBSD og TrueNAS

Correction: When? Yesteryear! From previous discussions, I think we have pretty much landed on: - Use 3.5" drives. Servers/Chassis with 2.5" might be easier to source, but the disks are worse and/or more expensive - Use ZFS - Not exactly sure on which layout, but we have at least considered different type disks in pairs (meaning several vdevs where each is a 2-wide mirror) - Operating system: Any UNIX-like with good support for ZFS and NFS, e.g. NixOS, FreeBSD og TrueNAS

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Reference: Drift/issues#316