I tried running Proxmox VMs and LXCs straight off my TrueNAS pool, and they worked better than I expected
Storing PVE virtual guests on TrueNAS became a whole lot easier thanks to a neat plugin
I recently discovered the TrueNAS-Proxmox plugin, which allows me to use iSCSI and NVMe-over-TCP shares to house VM disks and LXC volumes on my storage server. Initially, I encountered some issues with snapshots, automatic volume management, and disk resizing on raw iSCSI pools. However, the plugin eliminates these problems when connecting iSCSI pools to Proxmox.
I configured the plugin on my TrueNAS rig by creating an iSCSI dataset called proxmox within the proxmox-iscsi dataset as the Target. I left most settings at their default values and created an API key for the connection. After installing the plugin on my Proxmox node, I successfully stored virtual machines, containers, and their snapshots on the iSCSI-backed dataset.
While the plugin performs well with an NVMe drive and 10GbE connection, the average tinkerer may not need to invest in such hardware for this setup.
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