====== Proxmox - Disks - Add Storage Drives - ZFS Pools ======

It is recommended by Proxmox to use ZFS Pools for Storing your VMs.

ZFS gives you more performance and Redundancy.

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===== List Drives =====

<code bash>
ls /dev/disk/by-id
</code>

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===== Create a pool =====

<code bash>
zpool create -f -m <mount> <pool> <type> <ids>
</code>

returns:

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  where:

  * **create**: subcommand to create the pool.
  * **-f**: Force creating the pool to bypass the “EFI label error”.
  * **-m**: The mount point of the pool. If this is not specified, then the pool will be mounted to root as /pool.
  * **pool**: This is the name of the pool.
  * **type**: mirror, raidz, raidz2, raidz3. If omitted, the default type is a stripe or raid 0.
  * **ids**: The names of the drives/partitions to include in the pool obtained from ls /dev/disk/by-id.

Example:

<code bash>
zpool create -f -m /mnt/zstorage  zstorage raidz2 <ids>
</code>

</WRAP>

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===== Check the pool =====

<code bash>
zpool list
zpool list -v
zpool iostat
zpool iostat -v
</code>

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===== Check Proxmox Storage Manager to Know it exists =====

<code bash>
pvesm zfsscan
</code>

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===== Configure the ZFS Pool =====

<code bash>
zfs create zstorage/iso
zsf create zstorage/share
zsf create zstorage/vmstorage
zsf create zstorage/cnstorage
</code>

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===== Set quota =====

<code bash>
zfs set quota=1000G zstorage/iso
</code>

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===== Check =====

<code bash>
zfs list
zpool status
zpool iostat -v
</code>

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Navigate to **Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> Directory -> zstorage/iso**.

<WRAP important>
**IMPORTANT:** Make sure only **ISO image** and **Container template** are selected.
</WRAP>


Navigate to **Directory -> Add -> ZFS -> Id: vmstorage -> ZFS Pool: /zstorage/vmstorage**.


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