<![CDATA[Question about pools]]>So we have 2 hosts(no shared storage) currently in a pool, am I correct in thinking our backup jobs would be able to run faster if each host was it's own pool/master? I was told the backups always run via the pool master meaning when I am pulling backups from each box it's limited by the master where if both hosts were in their own pool backups could run from both at the same time.

Are there any other downsides to having each host in it's own pool? It seems like most of the pool features are more for setups with shared storage where you can migrate vm's by moving the memory instead of the storage, I never do rolling pool updates currently because it would take days to migrate our vm's between the two hosts as each host has it's own physical storage containing vm's.

Just looking for some thoughts to make sure I'm not causing myself more trouble or missing some critical info before I change anything.

Both hosts are running Sata SSD storage with 10G links(dedicated management as well as separate link for vm traffic), backup server is just running sas hdd's so not lightning fast but also has a 10g link.

Hosts are managed via XOA.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/12147/question-about-poolsRSS for NodeTue, 05 May 2026 16:48:09 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 14:17:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Question about pools on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:40:43 GMT]]>@acebmxer Good to know, that would change my feelings on that solution. We're a K12 school so money is not overly abundant.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/105059https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/105059Tue, 05 May 2026 16:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about pools on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:57:33 GMT]]>@vlamincktr

Just an fyi there is a cost and licensing behind proxy support.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/105053https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/105053Tue, 05 May 2026 14:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about pools on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:55:33 GMT]]>@Pilow That sounds like it would give the desired results without any pool changes, I'll look into that setup, thanks!

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/105052https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/105052Tue, 05 May 2026 14:55:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about pools on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:29:18 GMT]]>one way to double backup performance would be to put a XO PROXY on the host where XOA is not.
you could then dedicate some jobs/vms through this XO PROXY, running at the same time as backups running through XOA.

the hosts would still be in one Pool, but flow of backups would egress simultaneously from XOA and XO PROXY from the two hosts.

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@vlamincktr said:

Hosts are managed via XOA.

and so is the backup.

while backups are running, monitor your bandwidths, you will see that backup flow through XOA.
So having the two hosts in their own pool will get you no gain in term of backup performance I guess...
You have the advantage of facilitated network configuration with the two hosts in the same pool as network is pushed from pool config. I could see that as a downside when separating the two hosts.

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