Hi,
I have a small ESXi server running on a supermicro X9SCL-F build with a Xeon 1230v2.
I have 6 2TB drives using PCI passthrough to an Xpenology VM (so I can use the smartmontools directly from the VM).
I'm thinking about migrating from ESXi to SmartOS, but I have a few questions:
Is PCI passthrough not available through SmartOS? I saw another thread where it was said not to be the case. If it's not available, does anyone have another idea about how I can use Smartmontools with my Xpenology array?
Does anyone know if the X9SCL-F is compatible with SmartOS/Solaris? Any experience?
I also have an LSI 9212-4i (HP branded) I'm using for the datastores. Anyone know if there's compatibility issues there?
Most of all, how easy is it to migrate from ESXi (6.0) to SmartOS?
How's the FIFO interface compared to ESXi? I don't have enough room on my datastore to try it for myself right now ...
Thanks for all your help!
Avery
I have a small ESXi server running on a supermicro X9SCL-F build with a Xeon 1230v2.
I have 6 2TB drives using PCI passthrough to an Xpenology VM (so I can use the smartmontools directly from the VM).
I'm thinking about migrating from ESXi to SmartOS, but I have a few questions:
Is PCI passthrough not available through SmartOS? I saw another thread where it was said not to be the case. If it's not available, does anyone have another idea about how I can use Smartmontools with my Xpenology array?
Does anyone know if the X9SCL-F is compatible with SmartOS/Solaris? Any experience?
I also have an LSI 9212-4i (HP branded) I'm using for the datastores. Anyone know if there's compatibility issues there?
Most of all, how easy is it to migrate from ESXi (6.0) to SmartOS?
How's the FIFO interface compared to ESXi? I don't have enough room on my datastore to try it for myself right now ...
Thanks for all your help!
Avery