{"id":1361,"date":"2025-05-29T18:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisy-street.fr\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:22:20","slug":"suggested-disk-layout-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisy-street.fr\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/suggested-disk-layout-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggested Disk Layout Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Use Case<\/th><th>Current Disk<\/th><th>Suggested Role<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Proxmox Root FS<\/td><td><code>nvme0n1<\/code><\/td><td>\u2705 Keep for now (fast, wear low)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VM\/LXC storage<\/td><td><code>sdc1<\/code> (SSD)<\/td><td>\u2705 Good, isolate high I\/O loads<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Backup \/ ISOs<\/td><td><code>sdb1<\/code> (HDD)<\/td><td>\u2705 Archive\/slow storage<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spare\/Buffer<\/td><td><code>sda1<\/code> (SSD)<\/td><td>\u26a0\ufe0f Could mirror root or use as L2ARC\/ZIL (if ZFS)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Watch NVMe Write Wear Over Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your NVMe shows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">yamlCopyEdit<code>Percentage Used: 0%\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s <strong>excellent<\/strong> \u2014 you\u2019re still early in the wear cycle. But with Proxmox, check every few months using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bashCopyEdit<code>smartctl -a \/dev\/nvme0n1 | grep -i percentage<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>Add Log Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To reduce wear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <code>tmpfs<\/code> for <code>\/var\/log<\/code> (if RAM allows)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limit <code>journald<\/code> persistence:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code># \/etc\/systemd\/journald.conf<br>Storage=volatile<br>SystemMaxUse=200M<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>Consider Backup OS Snapshots or Mirroring Root<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use <code>sda1<\/code> to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mirror <code>pve-root<\/code> using LVM RAID1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or just use it as a backup location via rsync or <code>lvm-snapshots<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use Case Current Disk Suggested Role Proxmox Root FS nvme0n1 \u2705 Keep for now (fast, wear low) VM\/LXC storage sdc1 (SSD) \u2705 Good, isolate high I\/O loads Backup \/ ISOs sdb1 (HDD) \u2705 Archive\/slow storage Spare\/Buffer sda1 (SSD) \u26a0\ufe0f Could mirror root or use as L2ARC\/ZIL (if ZFS) 2. 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