thecoffeeguy
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hey folks
So, I need to put together a FreeNAS server for my house. My home lab server has grown to (3) ESXi servers, running a number of VM's and containers. I desperately need something for these VM's to be backed up to.
I was gifted a few items recently from a friend. Here is what I have:
SuperMicro mobo:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182251
Pentium CPU:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116887
Fractal Case: (I like the case. Good form factor, quiet and very solid built)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352011
The remaining pieces that I need to fill out are:
Hard Drives (obviously)
PSU - 500w? orr more?
Memory (32gib ideally)
NIC expansion card (gives me a total of 4 NICS as needed)
I was hoping to ask few questions for my own knowledge.
This will be my first real NAS for my house and something that will be critical for me (my lab is primarily for work)
That said, I have dabbled with FreeNAS, but not much beyond that.
one question i have is, what type of setup would i need to run to have my VM's live on the actual NAS? This way i could vmotion VM's, move them around etc. Would the above work? Does it lack the efficiency/power needed?
What would folks here suggest to build this out for increased functionality? (space for backups for my VM's, a simple file server for the home network, potentially run VM's from the NAS?) I am thinking do i need extra expansion cards?
I really am quite new to the NAS world, but super excited to get this setup.
Just looking for guidance from folks who have a lot more experience in this area than I do.
Many thanks.
CG
So, I need to put together a FreeNAS server for my house. My home lab server has grown to (3) ESXi servers, running a number of VM's and containers. I desperately need something for these VM's to be backed up to.
I was gifted a few items recently from a friend. Here is what I have:
SuperMicro mobo:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182251
Pentium CPU:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116887
Fractal Case: (I like the case. Good form factor, quiet and very solid built)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352011
The remaining pieces that I need to fill out are:
Hard Drives (obviously)
PSU - 500w? orr more?
Memory (32gib ideally)
NIC expansion card (gives me a total of 4 NICS as needed)
I was hoping to ask few questions for my own knowledge.
This will be my first real NAS for my house and something that will be critical for me (my lab is primarily for work)
That said, I have dabbled with FreeNAS, but not much beyond that.
one question i have is, what type of setup would i need to run to have my VM's live on the actual NAS? This way i could vmotion VM's, move them around etc. Would the above work? Does it lack the efficiency/power needed?
What would folks here suggest to build this out for increased functionality? (space for backups for my VM's, a simple file server for the home network, potentially run VM's from the NAS?) I am thinking do i need extra expansion cards?
I really am quite new to the NAS world, but super excited to get this setup.
Just looking for guidance from folks who have a lot more experience in this area than I do.
Many thanks.
CG