Hi All
I am running the following setup:
I am running ESXi 8 with TrueNAS running as VM with the hardware being passthrough.
Everything is working fine, but I recently purchased the Optane and Intel SSD, and I am looking for a recommendation on how to utilize my setup better.
My usages are mainly around streaming (Plex) and VMware (not heavy use).
Here are my thoughts about how to set this up. Please let me know if I am on the right path:
Also, what else should I look for (block size), etc.?
I appreciate any help you can provide.
Itamar
I am running the following setup:
- AMD 5900X CPU
- x570 Motherboard
- 128GB RAM
- SAS 9300-8i 8-port
- ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2
- Storage:
- 6 x Seagate IronWolf 10TB NAS Drives
- 2 x Optane Memory M10 64Gb M.2 80 installed on the Asus Card
- 2 x SSDSC2BB120G401 Solid-State Drive DC S3500 Series 120GB.
- 2 x SABRENT 256GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2
- The Seagate and Intel SSD drives are connected to the SAS Card using SFF-8643 Internal Mini SAS HD to (4) 29pin SFF-8482 connectors with SAS 15pin Power Port 12GB/S Cables.
- The Optane drives are connected to the Asus PCIe card (PCIe x3 speed)
- The NVMe drives are connected to the Motherboard (PCIe x4 speed)
I am running ESXi 8 with TrueNAS running as VM with the hardware being passthrough.
Everything is working fine, but I recently purchased the Optane and Intel SSD, and I am looking for a recommendation on how to utilize my setup better.
My usages are mainly around streaming (Plex) and VMware (not heavy use).
Here are my thoughts about how to set this up. Please let me know if I am on the right path:
- Set the 6 Seagate in a RaidZ-1 setup
- Use the Optane drives as Metadata special drives (Mirrored)
- Use the Intel SSD as SLOG (Mirrored)
- Use the NVMe as L2ARC (Stripped)
Also, what else should I look for (block size), etc.?
I appreciate any help you can provide.
Itamar
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