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Mastering Proxmox

You're reading from   Mastering Proxmox Master the skills you need to build a rock-solid virtualization environment with the all new Proxmox 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888243
Length 418 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Wasim Ahmed Wasim Ahmed
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding Proxmox VE and Advanced Installation 2. Exploring the Proxmox GUI FREE CHAPTER 3. Proxmox under the Hood 4. Storage Systems 5. KVM Virtual Machines 6. LXC Virtual Machines 7. Network of Virtual Networks 8. The Proxmox Firewall 9. Proxmox High Availability 10. Backup/Restore VMs 11. Updating and Upgrading Proxmox 12. Monitoring a Proxmox Cluster 13. Proxmox Production-Level Setup 14. Proxmox Troubleshooting Index

Requirements for HA setup


From Proxmox 4.0 and later, the High Availability feature has been completely redesigned from the ground up making it much simpler to configure and use. There are a few requirements that the environment must meet before configuring Proxmox HA. They are as follows:

  • Minimum three nodes

  • Shared storage

  • Fencing

Minimum three nodes

HA must be configured in a cluster with a minimum of three nodes because with three nodes or more, achieving a Quorum is possible. A Quorum is the minimum number of votes required for a Proxmox cluster operation. This minimum number is the total vote by a majority of the nodes. For example, in a cluster of three Proxmox nodes, a minimum vote of two Proxmox nodes is required to form a Quorum. Or, in a cluster with eight nodes, a minimum vote of five Proxmox nodes is required to form a Quorum. With just two nodes, the ratio of vote remains at 1:1, so no Quorum is possible.

Shared storage

During a node failure, VMs are moved to the next member node in...

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