Answer: Use right storage for right purpose
How to Choose Storage Type
Storage Selection Guide
| Data Type | Recommended Storage |
|---|
| Boot disk | ZFS Mirror |
| VM disks | LVM-Thin or ZFS |
| Backups | NFS |
| ISO/Template | Directory |
| Fast cache | NVMe |
Step 1: Create ZFS Pool
# Mirror for redundancy
zpool create -f mirror pool1 /dev/sda /dev/sdb
Step 2: Set Properties
zfs set compression=lz4 pool1
zfs set atime=off pool1
zfs set checksum=sha256 pool1
Step 1: Create Thin Pool
lvcreate -L 500G -T vg0/vm-thin
Step 1: Mount NFS
mount -t nfs -o hard,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 \
192.168.1.50:/data /mnt/data
# Add to fstab
echo "192.168.1.50:/data /mnt/data nfs hard,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
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