dbsoundman
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Hi all, I just recently acquired a FreeNAS Mini. This particular unit has 2 gigabit NICs, as far as I know there's no option to upgrade to 10GBit but I haven't actually explored that too much just yet.
Here's what I'm doing with the device:
Given that I'm currently running Plex as a VM with local storage, along with Nextcloud and other VMs, all through a single gigabit NIC, I'm thinking the performance will be just fine with the above strategy, but I wanted to know if I was making things more complicated than they needed to be by doing the dedicated link with jumbo frames.
I'm happy to draw up a diagram if needed.
Here's what I'm doing with the device:
- NFS share for a VDI containing the database and user file data for my Nextcloud VM - I'm currently running this with sync disabled just to get the initial migration done, but going forward I would like to set sync=always; I know this has performance implications
- SMB share for my "archive" of files - basically user home directories for stuff my wife and I don't need to touch every day
- Plex media server plugin with my full media library of movies, shows, and music
Given that I'm currently running Plex as a VM with local storage, along with Nextcloud and other VMs, all through a single gigabit NIC, I'm thinking the performance will be just fine with the above strategy, but I wanted to know if I was making things more complicated than they needed to be by doing the dedicated link with jumbo frames.
I'm happy to draw up a diagram if needed.