Thanks for taking the time to respond!
Now that ya mention it the Syno won't do with that kinda performance and VM's needed. To ensure higher IOPS I may upgrade current Norco from WHS2011 to Server 2012, drop the 1-2TB drives for 4TB WD Green or Reds and add a second Pool for VM's. Perhaps...
This gives me enough confidence to also look into the haswell-based BRIX or NUC x2 for a start with local chip-based HDD to run just the Hypervisor. Thanks a lot!
SantaSCSI: Currently running a Norco 4224 JBOD (12HDD's installed), i3 CPU with WHS 2011 + StableBit DrivePool. ~Purchased at a...
Power bills main concern because of how often this may sit in disuse while away.
Considering 10 VM host running Server 2012 Hyper-V Core and later a project where these VM's get upgraded to Server 2012:
-2x Win Server 2008 R2 PDC (for merging both forests later on) ----2GB + 2GB
-2x Win Server...