I’ve added 2 external USBs of 2TB each to my Proxmox server and created a Resource Pool called USB_HDD containing both.
I created an Ubuntu VM, but I can’t allocate all 4TB to it in one go - it only allows me to add each one as a separate SCSI device. When I start to install the OS it only allows the install onto one of the 2TB devices.
I though the point of pools was to make the actual disks transparent, and present the pool to the VM so it sees it as one lot of space.
Am I doing something wrong, or do I have to have it as 2x2TB disks?
Thanks for the responses; it seems I can’t really do it. I looked into ZFS but if I use that it halves the available disk space to 2TB.
I’m using the VM for a media server and thought it would be better to have 1 4TB space instead of 2 2TB disks.
At the end of the day it isn’t a big deal, I just thought I’d be able to present both disks as 1.
ZFS can absolutely combine both into a 4TB single volume. Well like 3.78TB but you get the picture.
Note that, just like any other method which combines disks in a “RAID0” way, if one drive fails you lose everything on both drives.
But yes as others have said, “Pools” in Proxmox (or, more accurately, “Resource Pools”) are not related to storage but to permissions. A pool of VMs, of network bridges, yeah even storage but they’re not used for creating storage, only controlling access to it in an environment with lots of users (like in an enterprise).
ZFS and Ceph also use the term “Pool” but in a different context. They’re talking about a pool of combined storage, which is what you are looking for.
Put each USB disk into a ZFS vdev and then combine the two vdevs into a pool. You can add more drives into the vdev later to create mirrors within the vdev and get a RAID10-like setup once you have the means.
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Sounds like you’re passing the physical HDDs to the VM instead of creating a new virtual HDD file in your proxmox pool.
If you don’t mind me asking, what are you trying to do with your VM?
Thanks for the responses; it seems I can’t really do it. I looked into ZFS but if I use that it halves the available disk space to 2TB. I’m using the VM for a media server and thought it would be better to have 1 4TB space instead of 2 2TB disks. At the end of the day it isn’t a big deal, I just thought I’d be able to present both disks as 1.
ZFS can absolutely combine both into a 4TB single volume. Well like 3.78TB but you get the picture.
Note that, just like any other method which combines disks in a “RAID0” way, if one drive fails you lose everything on both drives.
But yes as others have said, “Pools” in Proxmox (or, more accurately, “Resource Pools”) are not related to storage but to permissions. A pool of VMs, of network bridges, yeah even storage but they’re not used for creating storage, only controlling access to it in an environment with lots of users (like in an enterprise).
ZFS and Ceph also use the term “Pool” but in a different context. They’re talking about a pool of combined storage, which is what you are looking for.
Put each USB disk into a ZFS vdev and then combine the two vdevs into a pool. You can add more drives into the vdev later to create mirrors within the vdev and get a RAID10-like setup once you have the means.