HAPPY!!... I installed ESXi and Freenas

[fede2222]

Well... i tried to move 2 of my pools that were with a Core i5, the Corei5 was too much for Freenas. I have a lot of problems with the "new" platform (MSI 975x platinum + Core2Duo)... lost devices, random checksum error on pool, after try and try i cannot make work with no errors (replace disks, cables, controllers, etc). I suspect the mother/cpu has something (ram tested with memtest), i will check later. Then frustrated i move again to the mother/corei5 combo... but i want to "fight" a little more.

Core i5 was too much... so give a try to install ESXi 5... after solving some obstacles (using some posts at the freenas forum, try and error and lot of pacience), now i have an ESX5 working with a VM Freenas accessing the Disks via RDM. I made a scrub on a pool (4 green drives) at 291 Mb/s !!!! I have RAM and more cores to install another VMs and dont waste the Core i5

Im so happy that i want to share!!... months ago im totally noob to all of this (im IT developer... not much on Server Administration)

 

[titan_rw]

Here we go again. Open the flood gates.

Another RDM user.

 

[cyberjock]

Yep. He's happy now, and in a few weeks he'll be crying over his lost data.

 

[jgreco]

Maybe, maybe not. Just because something is dangerous does not mean that catastrophe is inevitable. Loaded guns have been pointed at people without actually being fired.

But if I understand correctly that he put ESXi on a hardware platform that was unstable enough that FreeNAS was having trouble, well, ESXi is a whole lot more tetchy than FreeBSD about so many things ... how'd they put that? Oh yeah, "Iceberg... right ahead!"

 

[fede2222]

oops... i don't expect that...

In your experience... RDM, Freenas, ESXi (not blaiming anyone in particular) is not a good combo?... or is a dangerous combo if you dont know how to manage?.. i'm exposed to errors?

Is there a post or something that you can direct me with more info?... I search on Freenas Forum and saw some posts with RDM errors, but looks that problem associated to configuration problems.

I choose RDM because if i need it i can move the disks to another Freenas server in case of catastrophy.

Yep. He's happy now, and in a few weeks he'll be crying over his lost data.

lol... well, i learn a lot on the process. But certainly i'm going to cry if i lost data... the really important data (photos of my kids) is on safe location, because my wife will kill me if i lost one... :P

Maybe, maybe not. Just because something is dangerous does not mean that catastrophe is inevitable. Loaded guns have been pointed at people without actually being fired.

But if I understand correctly that he put ESXi on a hardware platform that was unstable enough that FreeNAS was having trouble, well, ESXi is a whole lot more tetchy than FreeBSD about so many things ... how'd they put that? Oh yeah, "Iceberg... right ahead!"

To clarify: Always same disks, PSU, etc.
Timeline:
1) Corei5/Asus PDP55, Freenas Only, Working flawlessly
2) Move to Core2Duo/975 Platinum, Freenas Only, not working well. Lost device, random cksum error, etc.
3) Going back to Corei5/Asus PDP55 but this time Freenas on ESXi, at the moment, working ok.