Hi
Firstly, yes it have read the post in the newbie section saying not to do this, but as an experiment I would like to try. Appreciate I'm on my own though!
I have a HP Gen 8 micro server with 16gb ECC ram and upgraded CPU that supports VT-d (can't remember the model offhand)
I would like to run Freenas on this under ESXi, along with 2 other small VM's (1gb each).
The machine already has 4 Ethernet ports so each VM will have one each, so I don't need to use vswitches for networking.
The bit I'm confused about is passing the on board SATA controller (AHCI mode) through to the Freenas VM - I don't want to do this with virtualised disks...
The Freenas disks are just 2 x 3tb wd red in a mirror, so with 14gb ram available to the VM, I don't see an issue there.
Has anyone successfully passed disks through (and got stuff like smart working) in this way?
I guess my build is slightly different in that it's primarily a freenas build, but using ESXi to allow my home automation servers on the same hardware...
Just wondering if anyone has any useful comments?
Cheers!
Firstly, yes it have read the post in the newbie section saying not to do this, but as an experiment I would like to try. Appreciate I'm on my own though!
I have a HP Gen 8 micro server with 16gb ECC ram and upgraded CPU that supports VT-d (can't remember the model offhand)
I would like to run Freenas on this under ESXi, along with 2 other small VM's (1gb each).
The machine already has 4 Ethernet ports so each VM will have one each, so I don't need to use vswitches for networking.
The bit I'm confused about is passing the on board SATA controller (AHCI mode) through to the Freenas VM - I don't want to do this with virtualised disks...
The Freenas disks are just 2 x 3tb wd red in a mirror, so with 14gb ram available to the VM, I don't see an issue there.
Has anyone successfully passed disks through (and got stuff like smart working) in this way?
I guess my build is slightly different in that it's primarily a freenas build, but using ESXi to allow my home automation servers on the same hardware...
Just wondering if anyone has any useful comments?
Cheers!