Okay I saw this posted a lot and apparently it is pretty common but why do people virtualize your nas in for example a proxmox server/cluster. If that goes down it gets super hard to get your data back than if you do it bare Metal, doesn’t it? Are people only doing it so save on seperate devices or are my concerns unreasonable?

  • HTTP_404_NotFoundEnglish
    -1•1 year ago

    I honestly, think it’s pretty bad practice.

    Hey, I got this big fancy server-

    Let me install Vmware/Proxmox on it, and create some VMs.

    I want a fancy dashboard to click and install my apps. and I need storage. Let me put a TrueNAS/Unraid VM on my proxmox.

    Oh right, I need storage for another VM. Let me connect Vmware/Proxymox to TrueNAS/Unraid via ISCSI/NFS.

    Oh this is the pinnacle of technology /s.

    (Rather, then just using the hypervisor built into unraid/truenas…)

    Or, my favorite, is installing a full-blown storage OS, just because you need a windows file share…

    I don’t miss the TrueNAS community, and all of the stupid crap coming from it.

    • @ProfessionalBoofisEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I agree, proxmox or truenas by itself on baremetal should cover a lot of applications. Both can do most things the other can do to some extent but each has it’s on specialties and focuses. Proxmox more for VMs, truenas for primarily storage/NAS. But both can do either.

    • icy_mal
      2•1 year ago

      Running the hypervisors built in to unraid or truenas are certainly options but proxmox/VMware are just easier. If you’re learning about virtualization, you’re going to find a lot more resources for proxmox/VMware. Conversely the storage capabilities of proxmox/VMware are either severely limited in the case of VMware or just not particularly user friendly for proxmox. By virtualizing your storage OS you can get the best of both worlds for some situations. Sure, there are situations where it’s a bad idea but if you’ve only got one machine and it has plenty of resources it can be very effective.

      Heck even if the main function for the NAS is just windows shares, that full blown storage OS is going to give you redundancy, snapshots, and replication. I’d say those are pretty important even for Windows shares.