disk-format-proxmox.md

creating a basic volume mounted for usage as type "Directory"

# clean device of any partitions or filesystem metadata
wipefs -a /dev/fioa

# create new ext4 filesystem across disk, no partition necessary
mkfs.ext4 /dev/fioa

# append mount instruction to /etc/fstab
tee -a "/dev/fioa /data/fio ext4 defaults 0 0" > /etc/fstab

creating an Logical Volume for usage as storage type "lvm-thin"

# clean device of any partitions or filesystem metadata
wipefs -a /dev/fioa

# create vg
vgcreate flash /dev/fioa1

# create partition 1 on empty device
sgdisk -N 1 /dev/sdb

# create physical volume
pvcreate --metadatasize 250k -y -ff /dev/fioa1

# create thin lvm, 1TB for now
lvcreate -L 1TB -T -n vmdata flash