I just migrated my TrueNAS install inside Proxmox VM. I passed through my 3 x 16 TB of storage through a PCI controller. Proxmox itself is installed on 2 x 512 GB nvme ssd’s on raid 1 zfs configuration with Proxmox, that is also where I have installed my TrueNAS server.

Now I am left with 4 x 8 TB hard drives and I have no idea how best to utilize them and was looking for some of the experienced folk here to guide me on this.

1. Should I pass through these hard drives to TrueNAS (without PCI controller, reliability not important) and share these storages to other VMs as a SMB/NFS share? Pros: One interface to rule them all. A nicer UI, easier to use for me. Cons: Degraded performance. Extra steps to connect them to devices.

2. Pool these devices with Proxmox and have the storage share done through there. Pros: Faster performance Cons: More overhead in managing storage.

3. Give each VM its own direct access hard drive?

I plan to use this storage to keep less important data, like games for a Windows remote gaming machine I plan to install. Maybe allocate some TBs to StorJ and make money from there. Install lesser used VMs and avoid wasting NVMe space, and maybe even using it as a cache server? I’m unsure of other uses I can do with them, considering even selling them.