Hi!
I built my first FreeNAS two-three years ago. I used to have a lot of different gear but am trying to downsize to a single server if possible. I'm planning on getting rid of everything but my FreeNAS and my new iPad Pro.
My goal is the following:
* Plex media server (not many more concurrent streams than I have today, i.e. 2-3)
* Nextcloud for personal document storage
* Windows 10 VM when the need arises (mainly idle, but always running)
Possible another vm with Sonarr etc.
I have failed miserably with bhyve and from what I've understood, it's not very suitable to run VMs on. So my plan is to change to esxi and run FreeNAS as a virtual machine (here I need a bit of help) and then to run the other VMs on ESXi instead.
My current server is currently speced as follows:
Chassi: Fractal Design Node 804
Motherboard: SuperMicro X11SSH-LN4F
Ram: 3x 16GB ECC
CPU: Intel E3-1260 v6
Hard drives: 8x3TB WD Reds (Raidz2)
1x250GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD for VMs
I've understood that I should have a HBA card to and pass it through to the FreeNAS vm and then connect the drives to that. Would the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i be good for that, flashed to IT mode?
I want to try and keep as much as possible but within reason, money is not an object :) I'm changing the chassi to a 4u rack mount in order to increase the number of drives when the need arises.
I know my way around a server, but am in no way nothing more than a prosumer so if this is a bad idea, please tell me, otherwise I'm really looking forward to your input. I'm based in Sweden so second hand equipment is most likely a no go since there isn't any.
I built my first FreeNAS two-three years ago. I used to have a lot of different gear but am trying to downsize to a single server if possible. I'm planning on getting rid of everything but my FreeNAS and my new iPad Pro.
My goal is the following:
* Plex media server (not many more concurrent streams than I have today, i.e. 2-3)
* Nextcloud for personal document storage
* Windows 10 VM when the need arises (mainly idle, but always running)
Possible another vm with Sonarr etc.
I have failed miserably with bhyve and from what I've understood, it's not very suitable to run VMs on. So my plan is to change to esxi and run FreeNAS as a virtual machine (here I need a bit of help) and then to run the other VMs on ESXi instead.
My current server is currently speced as follows:
Chassi: Fractal Design Node 804
Motherboard: SuperMicro X11SSH-LN4F
Ram: 3x 16GB ECC
CPU: Intel E3-1260 v6
Hard drives: 8x3TB WD Reds (Raidz2)
1x250GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD for VMs
I've understood that I should have a HBA card to and pass it through to the FreeNAS vm and then connect the drives to that. Would the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i be good for that, flashed to IT mode?
I want to try and keep as much as possible but within reason, money is not an object :) I'm changing the chassi to a 4u rack mount in order to increase the number of drives when the need arises.
I know my way around a server, but am in no way nothing more than a prosumer so if this is a bad idea, please tell me, otherwise I'm really looking forward to your input. I'm based in Sweden so second hand equipment is most likely a no go since there isn't any.