foxi352
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I'm an 45 years old IT engineer with over 20 years of experience in Linux and Windows and 3 years experience with Docker. But i am relatively new to FreeBSD and FreeNAS.
My home server is running ESXi 6.5 free version and i am thinking of migrating it to FreeNAS. I played with jails and so far i feel the learning curve is reasonable when coming from the Linux world, so FreeBSD doesn't seem to be a problem. In fact i really start loving it, everything seems so clearly defined and structured.
My current hardware:
* HP ProLiant DL380 G7 with redundant power supply
* Dual 4 core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5630 @ 2.13GHz
* 24GB (most probably ECC, have to check)
* 8 physical NIC
* 8GB SD card with ESXi 6.5
* 8x 1TB 2,5" SATA disks (some 5400 rpm, some 7200 rpm)
* APC SmartUPS 3000 (not yet connected to USB but cable already ordered)
Currently i am using 2TB for production (VM's, data, ...) and 3TB as Veeam backup store. The 2TB for production starts filling up, but some VM's are only for playing and are not really used (like 5 nodes kubernetes cluster just for fun).
My current VLAN's:
* PRODUCTION (computers, smartphones, pads, ...)
* HOME-AUTOMATION (esp8266 sensors, AC system, Heating system, KNX system, ...)
* TEST (for test vm's to not interfere with production DHCP for example)
* MANAGEMENT (All management ports of: Access points, switch, ESXi, ...)
* DMZ (Mail server, Web server, Nextcloud, ...)
* GUEST (For separate guest WiFi SSID to only access internet)
VM's i want to keep or replace with something (unimportant VM's not listed here):
* Nextcloud server (currently Debian 9)
* Mail server (currently iRedMail free is used)
* SmartHomeNG + SmartVISU server (currently Debian 9)
* PFSense firewall doing reverse proxy, keeping Letsencrypt certificates up2date with ACME, doing routing / firewalling between VLAN's e.t.c.
* Unifi controller for 3 access points
* MineOS server for the kids
My plans for existing VM's if moving to FreeNAS:
" Use Nextcloud official plugin and migrate existing data into it
* Use official MineOS plugin and migrate data into it
* Use experimental Unificontroller plugin from official repo (not yet in index)
* Create SmartHomeNG + SmartVISU + knxd plugin. Tested on a FreeNAS test installation and already working. Will probably submit that plugin later on.
* Use iRedmail as Linux VM inside FreeNAS for now until i found a better solution. Maybe jail, maybe docker container inside docker VM, will see
I would then just move my PfSense to external hardware for security, probably something like this: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07DJ5RLC1
My first idea was to build a new FreeNAS box with SilverStone SST-CS380, Corsair SF450 80 Plus Gold 450 W, XEON E-2126G 3.3GHz 6 cores, SuperMicro X11SCH-LN4F CFL uATX, 1x SSD Corsair Force MP510 240 GB for FreeNAS, 5x 6TB WD RED in zraid2 for my pool, 64GB DDR4-2666 ECC memory.
But then i was not really sure if the hardware i have was not good enough, and if the performance gain (if any), the reduced power consumption (if any) would be worth the money.
I feel it would be wiser to invest in memory upgrade to my current server to 128GB ECC and just keep the hardware ?
Any thoughts on this for a newbie ? :)
Thank you and looking forward for a wonderful time here ...
My home server is running ESXi 6.5 free version and i am thinking of migrating it to FreeNAS. I played with jails and so far i feel the learning curve is reasonable when coming from the Linux world, so FreeBSD doesn't seem to be a problem. In fact i really start loving it, everything seems so clearly defined and structured.
My current hardware:
* HP ProLiant DL380 G7 with redundant power supply
* Dual 4 core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5630 @ 2.13GHz
* 24GB (most probably ECC, have to check)
* 8 physical NIC
* 8GB SD card with ESXi 6.5
* 8x 1TB 2,5" SATA disks (some 5400 rpm, some 7200 rpm)
* APC SmartUPS 3000 (not yet connected to USB but cable already ordered)
Currently i am using 2TB for production (VM's, data, ...) and 3TB as Veeam backup store. The 2TB for production starts filling up, but some VM's are only for playing and are not really used (like 5 nodes kubernetes cluster just for fun).
My current VLAN's:
* PRODUCTION (computers, smartphones, pads, ...)
* HOME-AUTOMATION (esp8266 sensors, AC system, Heating system, KNX system, ...)
* TEST (for test vm's to not interfere with production DHCP for example)
* MANAGEMENT (All management ports of: Access points, switch, ESXi, ...)
* DMZ (Mail server, Web server, Nextcloud, ...)
* GUEST (For separate guest WiFi SSID to only access internet)
VM's i want to keep or replace with something (unimportant VM's not listed here):
* Nextcloud server (currently Debian 9)
* Mail server (currently iRedMail free is used)
* SmartHomeNG + SmartVISU server (currently Debian 9)
* PFSense firewall doing reverse proxy, keeping Letsencrypt certificates up2date with ACME, doing routing / firewalling between VLAN's e.t.c.
* Unifi controller for 3 access points
* MineOS server for the kids
My plans for existing VM's if moving to FreeNAS:
" Use Nextcloud official plugin and migrate existing data into it
* Use official MineOS plugin and migrate data into it
* Use experimental Unificontroller plugin from official repo (not yet in index)
* Create SmartHomeNG + SmartVISU + knxd plugin. Tested on a FreeNAS test installation and already working. Will probably submit that plugin later on.
* Use iRedmail as Linux VM inside FreeNAS for now until i found a better solution. Maybe jail, maybe docker container inside docker VM, will see
I would then just move my PfSense to external hardware for security, probably something like this: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07DJ5RLC1
My first idea was to build a new FreeNAS box with SilverStone SST-CS380, Corsair SF450 80 Plus Gold 450 W, XEON E-2126G 3.3GHz 6 cores, SuperMicro X11SCH-LN4F CFL uATX, 1x SSD Corsair Force MP510 240 GB for FreeNAS, 5x 6TB WD RED in zraid2 for my pool, 64GB DDR4-2666 ECC memory.
But then i was not really sure if the hardware i have was not good enough, and if the performance gain (if any), the reduced power consumption (if any) would be worth the money.
I feel it would be wiser to invest in memory upgrade to my current server to 128GB ECC and just keep the hardware ?
Any thoughts on this for a newbie ? :)
Thank you and looking forward for a wonderful time here ...
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