I do all the IT work for a small business & will be building them a new server very soon. My plan has been to run FreeNAS for backups of all PC's in the office and other general file storage & have a Windows VM installed. Some of the software they use (accounting & estimates) requires a Windows based server to hold the files.
On my home server I have been testing this scenario & so far has been very stable. My only issue with it is that it seems to be fairly laggy even while using VirtIO drivers. However, they will not be using the Windows install directly. The software they use basically just works with the files stored on there so I don't think it would be a big deal.
The Windows VM will have it's own pool running on an SSD which will be backed up daily to the mass storage pool of Red drives.
Does anyone here have any experience with this kind of situation? Would you trust this setup for a small office, any tips, alternatives, etc.
On my home server I have been testing this scenario & so far has been very stable. My only issue with it is that it seems to be fairly laggy even while using VirtIO drivers. However, they will not be using the Windows install directly. The software they use basically just works with the files stored on there so I don't think it would be a big deal.
The Windows VM will have it's own pool running on an SSD which will be backed up daily to the mass storage pool of Red drives.
Does anyone here have any experience with this kind of situation? Would you trust this setup for a small office, any tips, alternatives, etc.
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