Virtualization and storage

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An XCP-ng host runs the monitoring server, a NAS, the orchestration and management VMs and the main container host. Hyper-V hosts use a Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN (about 7.8 TB usable, RAID 6), which recently gained a second controller.

In place

  • XCP-ng pool with an active-backup network bond and a dedicated iSCSI VLAN
  • EqualLogic SAN with daily snapshots on a retention schedule
  • Stale snapshots cleaned up, freeing about 1.5 TB

Next

  • Bring the SAN fully healthy and up to gigabit speed
  • Create an iSCSI storage repository for XCP-ng and move bulk data onto it
  • Plan the controller firmware update path

Last updated 2026-10-03.