Greetings,
New to FreeNAS; trying to do my homework now before I purchase the hardware.
I'm putting together a NAS with approximately 50TB (before RAID). Fairly light usage (small business.. just a few users - mainly storing a bunch of seldom accessed media + Plex and some file storage).
My question is in regards to FreeNAS's virtual box plug-in capabilities - and whether I can potentially eliminate another "always on" server that we have.
The other server is a security camera server. It is running in Windows 10 with an i7-920 that varies between 40-55% cpu load when all the cameras are running with motion detection on. The security software is multi-core and does use all 4 cores and the 4 hyperthreads (it doesn't use much RAM - maybe 4GB).
**edit: the cameras are all IP cameras - there is no special video capture card or anything needed. Just windows software.
I'm wondering if I run a strong enough xeon box if it is possible for me to put this windows 10 machine into a virtualbox on the freenas server?
Is there any chance this would work if I throw enough RAM and CPU at it or am I being overly hopeful?
Any Suggestions on how much CPU it would take to cover the 50% i7-920 load + FreeNas & Plex?
Also looking for a board with 10 SATA ports.
cheer and thanks,
Ed
New to FreeNAS; trying to do my homework now before I purchase the hardware.
I'm putting together a NAS with approximately 50TB (before RAID). Fairly light usage (small business.. just a few users - mainly storing a bunch of seldom accessed media + Plex and some file storage).
My question is in regards to FreeNAS's virtual box plug-in capabilities - and whether I can potentially eliminate another "always on" server that we have.
The other server is a security camera server. It is running in Windows 10 with an i7-920 that varies between 40-55% cpu load when all the cameras are running with motion detection on. The security software is multi-core and does use all 4 cores and the 4 hyperthreads (it doesn't use much RAM - maybe 4GB).
**edit: the cameras are all IP cameras - there is no special video capture card or anything needed. Just windows software.
I'm wondering if I run a strong enough xeon box if it is possible for me to put this windows 10 machine into a virtualbox on the freenas server?
Is there any chance this would work if I throw enough RAM and CPU at it or am I being overly hopeful?
Any Suggestions on how much CPU it would take to cover the 50% i7-920 load + FreeNas & Plex?
Also looking for a board with 10 SATA ports.
cheer and thanks,
Ed
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