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Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

By : Ahmed
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Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

4.3 (18)
By: Ahmed

Overview of this book

This is not an instructional guide, but a practical, scenario-based book which guides you through everything you need to know in a practical manner by letting you build your own cluster. By the end of the book, you will have a fully functional Proxmox cluster setup at your disposal and have the knowledge to replicate virtualization solutions .If you already know what the word virtualization means and you are ready to stand out from the crowd equipped with the unique ability to design and implement a rock-solid virtualized network environment using Proxmox, then you have just picked up the only book you will need. Linux system administration experience together with knowledge of networking and virtualization concepts is assumed. This book is also useful if you are already using Proxmox and simply want to master its advanced features.
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Local storage versus shared storage


Shared storage is not absolutely necessary in a Proxmox cluster environment, but without a doubt it makes storage management a walk in the park. In a small business with an extremely limited budget and IT staff, a local storage system will suffice. But when data grows beyond several terabytes and keeps growing exponentially every month due to virtual machine backups, shared storage starts to make a whole lot of sense. In most enterprise virtual environments with critical data, shared storage is the only logical choice due to the benefits it brings to the whole cluster operation. The following are considered benefits of using shared storage:

  • Live migration of a virtual machine

  • Seamless expansion of multinode storage space

  • Centralized backup

  • Multilevel data tiering

  • Central storage management

Live migration of a virtual machine

This is probably one of the important sought after reasons to go for shared storage system. Live migration is when a virtual machine can...

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