Hello, I am looking for some help with updating my home server.
Context: I have been running an old server at home for a long time. The setup was done when I was trying to understand virtual machines, by the end it became stable and I let it working. Now I need to update the VM disk. Actual Structure: SSD: sda -gentoo -apache -postgresql -zabbix -KVM The SSD(sda) boots the system, postgresql is for zabbix and 2 other data banks. KVM controls the VM that is installed at HDD(sdb) via passthrough, no IMG. HDD: sdb -gentoo -zoneminder -apache -postgresql Now I am looking to update it, but I have some questions. -Is there some way to just create a functional IMG from HDD(sdb) to use with KVM, disabling KVM passthrough do HDD(sdb)? I think it will be easy to handle just an IMG file and not spare files on disk. -Does it make sense for ZFS to gentoo this layout below? SSD: sda (For boot and start ZFS) -gentoo -KVM -zabbix ZFS HDDS HDD1 (sdb) mirror with sdc ZFS HHD2 (sdc) mirror with sdb ZFS -old HDD sdb image to run over KVM -other VMs No ZFS HDD HDD3 (sdd) -Storage HDD to contain the videos from ZoneMinder to not write into the ZFS pool. Some thoughts: -Planning a mirror to have a good IO easing maintainability once raidz2 looks needs more HDD (it's more secure). Server Config: dual Xeon E5-2680, 32GB ECC Ram. Do you think it's a good idea? Thanks in advance! M.S. Raphael Mejias Dias Nuclear Engineer | Reactors PGP Key for [email protected]: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x87BC5A746072F951
