Amu W Ramappa
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First let me start this thread by thanking the amazing FreeNAS team who has been very helpful in the past, esepcially @cyberjock
At my work place we are looking at replacing our aging HP G5 servers with a virtualized blade server running XenServer as the host OS.
We currently have two FreeNAS box one for the primary storage and one for just backup.
Our primary NAS hardware spec is as follows:
I'm currently considering using the FreeNAS box as the storage repository for the XenServers' VMs that we'll be creating on our HPE Blade System.
What's the recommended setup for this? I'v read the forums about ESXI and NFS and how the sync write is slow.
But, I would love to hear from the experts on the recommended setup.
Also, I'm thinking of upgrading our switch to a Planet Tech GS 2240-48T4X which has 4 10G SFP+ ports and is affordable for us. So, we're considering replacing our HP1820 48 port with this switch. Please let me know if this switch is not a good options for FreeNAS or for just anything. :)
Also considering getting the Cisco Twinax cable and Chelsio T540-CR2 for the FreeNAS. Any suggestions or red flags on this combination?
Thank you in advance!
At my work place we are looking at replacing our aging HP G5 servers with a virtualized blade server running XenServer as the host OS.
We currently have two FreeNAS box one for the primary storage and one for just backup.
Our primary NAS hardware spec is as follows:
- SuperMicro X10SRL-F
- Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v3
- 4x16GB ECC DDR4 memory
- On-board 1GB NICs (considering replacing them with Chelsio 10G card)
- 6x4TB WD Red on RAIDz2 with extra 4TB as a spare
I'm currently considering using the FreeNAS box as the storage repository for the XenServers' VMs that we'll be creating on our HPE Blade System.
What's the recommended setup for this? I'v read the forums about ESXI and NFS and how the sync write is slow.
But, I would love to hear from the experts on the recommended setup.
Also, I'm thinking of upgrading our switch to a Planet Tech GS 2240-48T4X which has 4 10G SFP+ ports and is affordable for us. So, we're considering replacing our HP1820 48 port with this switch. Please let me know if this switch is not a good options for FreeNAS or for just anything. :)
Also considering getting the Cisco Twinax cable and Chelsio T540-CR2 for the FreeNAS. Any suggestions or red flags on this combination?
Thank you in advance!