Hello all,
I am planning on using my Freenas box as iscsi target for my hyper-v host to store all my VMs on it (500GB SSD Stripe Set in Freenas).
The freenas box is replicated to a freenas VM every 3 hours (yes, I am using pci passthrough (DDA in microsoft language) with a IBM ServeRaid M1015 flashed to IT mode).
1. Is this scenario a good idea or am I doing terrible mistakes by even thinking about it?
2. Is it necessary to use a backup software (like veeam) for my VMs or is the zfs pool plus replication to a different freenas VM enough?
3. Would turning on deduplication ONLY ON THE 500gb STRIPESET be a good idea? Would my box be able to handle the workload?
Thanks in advance for the input!
Specs:
Freenas Box:
- Xeon E3 1220 V2
- 32 GB ECC Ram
- 6x 4TB WD Red (Raid Z2)
- 2x 500gb SSD (Stripe Set)
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 (DAC to Hyper-V)
- IBM ServeRaid M1015
Hyper-V Host:
- Ryzen 7 1700x
- 64GB ECC Ram (Asrock AB350 Pro4 supports ECC Ram)
- Some SSDs
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 (DAC to Freenas)
- IBM ServeRaid M1015
I am planning on using my Freenas box as iscsi target for my hyper-v host to store all my VMs on it (500GB SSD Stripe Set in Freenas).
The freenas box is replicated to a freenas VM every 3 hours (yes, I am using pci passthrough (DDA in microsoft language) with a IBM ServeRaid M1015 flashed to IT mode).
1. Is this scenario a good idea or am I doing terrible mistakes by even thinking about it?
2. Is it necessary to use a backup software (like veeam) for my VMs or is the zfs pool plus replication to a different freenas VM enough?
3. Would turning on deduplication ONLY ON THE 500gb STRIPESET be a good idea? Would my box be able to handle the workload?
Thanks in advance for the input!
Specs:
Freenas Box:
- Xeon E3 1220 V2
- 32 GB ECC Ram
- 6x 4TB WD Red (Raid Z2)
- 2x 500gb SSD (Stripe Set)
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 (DAC to Hyper-V)
- IBM ServeRaid M1015
Hyper-V Host:
- Ryzen 7 1700x
- 64GB ECC Ram (Asrock AB350 Pro4 supports ECC Ram)
- Some SSDs
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 (DAC to Freenas)
- IBM ServeRaid M1015