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Hello!
I've decided to build a personal server for storage because I don't want to use a HDD in my system anymore - it's fanless.
So far I have: Xeon 1260L, 4GB DDR3 (can go as high as 16GB if it's necessary). Jetway NF9A-Q67 itx board (6 sata, 2 Intel LAN, staggered hdd power-up and all kinds of industrial features - GPIO, LVDS/inverter headers, Serial ports).
I plan on getting either the Lian-Li PC-Q25A or the Fractal Design Node 304. I'm leaning towards the Lian-Li. For PSU I want to get a Seasonic ~400W. For routing I want to get a 4port Intel LAN card.
Questions:
1. I plan on installing ESXI on a USB DOM plugged into the moterboard - is 4GB enough?
2. Where do I store my VM's? Do I need a small SSD to store them and give up a storage SATA port for it?
3. Can I put a small VM for storage on the USB DOM (it's SLC) and store the rest of the VM's in the storage pool?
4. Is Nexenta personal edition OK for storage? Can it store VM's and act as a ISCSI target?
5. If I add a SSD to the server, can I get really cheap and use PXE to boot my HTPC from the server? I plan on using Windows7 or 8 on the HTPC.
6. Does the storage VM need more than 1 CPU core? Can a Xeon1260L running ZFS provide more than 200MB/sec read/write performance ? For my main system I plan on using dual Intel Gigabit LAN with teaming.
7. Can ZFS easily migrate to a bigger HDD size by adding biger HDD's one by one and taking small HDD's out as I add the big ones?
That's what I'm wondering right now ... I know it's a lot.
I've decided to build a personal server for storage because I don't want to use a HDD in my system anymore - it's fanless.
So far I have: Xeon 1260L, 4GB DDR3 (can go as high as 16GB if it's necessary). Jetway NF9A-Q67 itx board (6 sata, 2 Intel LAN, staggered hdd power-up and all kinds of industrial features - GPIO, LVDS/inverter headers, Serial ports).
I plan on getting either the Lian-Li PC-Q25A or the Fractal Design Node 304. I'm leaning towards the Lian-Li. For PSU I want to get a Seasonic ~400W. For routing I want to get a 4port Intel LAN card.
Questions:
1. I plan on installing ESXI on a USB DOM plugged into the moterboard - is 4GB enough?
2. Where do I store my VM's? Do I need a small SSD to store them and give up a storage SATA port for it?
3. Can I put a small VM for storage on the USB DOM (it's SLC) and store the rest of the VM's in the storage pool?
4. Is Nexenta personal edition OK for storage? Can it store VM's and act as a ISCSI target?
5. If I add a SSD to the server, can I get really cheap and use PXE to boot my HTPC from the server? I plan on using Windows7 or 8 on the HTPC.
6. Does the storage VM need more than 1 CPU core? Can a Xeon1260L running ZFS provide more than 200MB/sec read/write performance ? For my main system I plan on using dual Intel Gigabit LAN with teaming.
7. Can ZFS easily migrate to a bigger HDD size by adding biger HDD's one by one and taking small HDD's out as I add the big ones?
That's what I'm wondering right now ... I know it's a lot.