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Mastering Proxmox, - Third Edition

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Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788397605

Pages 494 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

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Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Wasim Ahmed

Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Understanding Proxmox VE and Advanced Installation

2. Creating a Cluster and Exploring the Proxmox GUI

3. Proxmox under the Hood

4. Storage Systems

5. Installing and Configuring Ceph

6. KVM Virtual Machines

7. LXC Virtual Machines

8. Network of Virtual Networks

9. The Proxmox VE Firewall

10. Proxmox High Availability

11. Monitoring the Proxmox Cluster

12. Proxmox Production-Level Setup

13. Back Up and Restore Virtual Machines

14. Updating/Upgrading Proxmox

15. Proxmox Troubleshooting

16. Rescuing Proxmox

Local and shared storage comparison

The following table is a comparison of both the local and shared storage for a quick reference:

Features	Local storage	Shared storage
VM live migration	No	Yes
High availability	No	Yes, when used in distributed shared storage
Cost	Lower	Significantly higher
I/O performance	Native disk drive speed	Slower than the native disk drive speed
Skill requirements	No special storage skills required	Must be skilled in the shared storage option used
Expandability	Limited to available drive bays of a node	Expandable over multiple nodes or racks when multinode or distributed shared storage is used
Maintenance complexity	Virtually maintenance free	Storage nodes or clusters require regular monitoring

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Authors (1)

Wasim Ahmed

Wasim Ahmed, born in Bangladesh and now a citizen of Canada, is a veteran of the IT world. He first came into close contact with computers in 1992 and never looked back. Wasim has a deep understanding of networks, virtualization, big data storage, and network security. By profession, Wasim is the CEO of a global IT support and cloud service provider based in Calgary, Alberta. He serves many companies and organizations through his company on a daily basis. Wasim's strength comes from his experience, which comes from learning and serving continually. Wasim strives to find the most effective solution at the most competitive price. He has built over 20 enterprise production virtual infrastructures using Proxmox and the Ceph storage system. Wasim and his team are notorious for not simply accepting a technology based on its description alone, but putting it through rigorous testing to check its validity. Any new technology that his company provides goes through months of continuous testing before it is accepted. Proxmox made the cut superbly.

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