Hi all,
Currently I run FreeNAS 11.3 baremetal on a Dell R510. Specs:
Dual Xeon X5650
32GB ECC DDR3
8x 2TB drives (2x RAIDZ1 vdevs, striped to 1 pool)
Dell PERC H200 flashed
2x 16GB flash drives for boot
I also have a Dell R710 which is my VM host (dual X5560, 64GB, Windows Server 2016).
I am planning to replace both of these machines with a single machine running ESXi and virtualize FreeNAS. I have already read through the forums posts regarding virtualizing FreeNAS extensively and feel like this setup will handle my needs well.
Rosewill RSV-L4500
Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD (forum suggestions pushed me toward X9/X10 for virtualization stability)
Dual Xeon E5-2630L v2
64GB RAM from R710 (having this already largely influenced my decision for CPU and board)
Dell H200 from R510
I have not found a good power supply yet, suggestions are welcome. I plan to dedicate 32GB RAM to FreeNAS, PCI passthrough on the HBA, and at some point in the future get 2 small SSDs to replace the flash drives as boot devices, using the onboard SAS controller with PCI passthrough as well.
Any additional suggestions?
Currently I run FreeNAS 11.3 baremetal on a Dell R510. Specs:
Dual Xeon X5650
32GB ECC DDR3
8x 2TB drives (2x RAIDZ1 vdevs, striped to 1 pool)
Dell PERC H200 flashed
2x 16GB flash drives for boot
I also have a Dell R710 which is my VM host (dual X5560, 64GB, Windows Server 2016).
I am planning to replace both of these machines with a single machine running ESXi and virtualize FreeNAS. I have already read through the forums posts regarding virtualizing FreeNAS extensively and feel like this setup will handle my needs well.
Rosewill RSV-L4500
Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD (forum suggestions pushed me toward X9/X10 for virtualization stability)
Dual Xeon E5-2630L v2
64GB RAM from R710 (having this already largely influenced my decision for CPU and board)
Dell H200 from R510
I have not found a good power supply yet, suggestions are welcome. I plan to dedicate 32GB RAM to FreeNAS, PCI passthrough on the HBA, and at some point in the future get 2 small SSDs to replace the flash drives as boot devices, using the onboard SAS controller with PCI passthrough as well.
Any additional suggestions?