Hi Guys,
I am really interested in the new feature set of FreeNAS 11, specifically I want to run a Windows 7 VM with software that will use a bluetooth USB adapter and USB serial com adapter... currently my HTPC is powered on 24-7 along with my FreeNAS purely to serve these ancilliary functions..
Is this going to possible for me to spin up a Windows 7 VM in future, and pass through a USB device from my FreeNAS host to a VM??
I was once considering running my FreeNAS box on ESXi instead of bare metal for this reason.. but I also decided to put my jails on a redundant pool on SSD drives (that are attached to my motherboard SATA controller whereas my FreeNAS storage pool (8x3TB) is all connected to my HBA card which I understood would of worked well with the ESXi setup but I wasn't sure about the Jails on my onboard controller.
I am hoping for the best but I am assuming this won't be possible and I would still need to go the ESXi route to accomplish this.
One thought I had was to redirect my COM ports in Windows to use something like this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/StarTech...er-/331622176024?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275
Provided I could run up the Win7 VM then this would work I think but not sure about a TCP/IP to bluetooth solution..
Any help is appreciated.
I am really interested in the new feature set of FreeNAS 11, specifically I want to run a Windows 7 VM with software that will use a bluetooth USB adapter and USB serial com adapter... currently my HTPC is powered on 24-7 along with my FreeNAS purely to serve these ancilliary functions..
Is this going to possible for me to spin up a Windows 7 VM in future, and pass through a USB device from my FreeNAS host to a VM??
I was once considering running my FreeNAS box on ESXi instead of bare metal for this reason.. but I also decided to put my jails on a redundant pool on SSD drives (that are attached to my motherboard SATA controller whereas my FreeNAS storage pool (8x3TB) is all connected to my HBA card which I understood would of worked well with the ESXi setup but I wasn't sure about the Jails on my onboard controller.
I am hoping for the best but I am assuming this won't be possible and I would still need to go the ESXi route to accomplish this.
One thought I had was to redirect my COM ports in Windows to use something like this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/StarTech...er-/331622176024?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275
Provided I could run up the Win7 VM then this would work I think but not sure about a TCP/IP to bluetooth solution..
Any help is appreciated.
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