Hi, and greetings from the UK
I have a few questions before dropping a load of money!
I have an aging ml350g6 and a n40l media server.
I am very taken by the SuperMicro 5028 mini tower with Xeon-D 1541.
Currently my ml350 holds my vm's (server 2008r2, wds, dc, dhcp/dns etc.) along with some other vm's.
My n40l has a p410 with 6 x wd red 3tbdrives and is my main storage server.
I am keen to reduce power usage and the idea of one small box is nice.
Id like some advice on the config of the new Supermicro -
I am intending to get their S3108L-H8iR pcie raid card as I like raid 10. I will get 4 x 8-12TB (depending on price) drives to go in the hot swap bays. This will mostly be for my main media and file server to use as storage.
I will also be dropping hyper-v and getting into esxi, so my main question is how to make best use of the other storage options, I will run esxi off a usb key as that seems the most recommended way to do it?
I was considering either getting 2 fast sata ssd's and a second breakout cable for the raid card and running them in raid 1 for my vm's and then using the big raid 10 array just for storage.
Otherwise maybe get a single Samsung nvm 1tb pro for example and put that in the motherboard slot?
I have read that the ssd's can perform badly in raid 1 in esxi and a single nvm would be much better?
Is there any room to squeeze more 3.5" drives in like I did with my n40l? not necessary I know.
Has anyone run this raid card in this same setup? does it run too hot? I know it is the recommended one for this server but I gather the lsi cards do get hot?
Basicaly I want a decent vm platform and all my media and file storage needs to be taken care of by this box.
Thanks in advance for any advice or tips.
Cheers
I have a few questions before dropping a load of money!
I have an aging ml350g6 and a n40l media server.
I am very taken by the SuperMicro 5028 mini tower with Xeon-D 1541.
Currently my ml350 holds my vm's (server 2008r2, wds, dc, dhcp/dns etc.) along with some other vm's.
My n40l has a p410 with 6 x wd red 3tbdrives and is my main storage server.
I am keen to reduce power usage and the idea of one small box is nice.
Id like some advice on the config of the new Supermicro -
I am intending to get their S3108L-H8iR pcie raid card as I like raid 10. I will get 4 x 8-12TB (depending on price) drives to go in the hot swap bays. This will mostly be for my main media and file server to use as storage.
I will also be dropping hyper-v and getting into esxi, so my main question is how to make best use of the other storage options, I will run esxi off a usb key as that seems the most recommended way to do it?
I was considering either getting 2 fast sata ssd's and a second breakout cable for the raid card and running them in raid 1 for my vm's and then using the big raid 10 array just for storage.
Otherwise maybe get a single Samsung nvm 1tb pro for example and put that in the motherboard slot?
I have read that the ssd's can perform badly in raid 1 in esxi and a single nvm would be much better?
Is there any room to squeeze more 3.5" drives in like I did with my n40l? not necessary I know.
Has anyone run this raid card in this same setup? does it run too hot? I know it is the recommended one for this server but I gather the lsi cards do get hot?
Basicaly I want a decent vm platform and all my media and file storage needs to be taken care of by this box.
Thanks in advance for any advice or tips.
Cheers
