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    Hard drive setup for hosting multiple VMs?

    What torrent client do you use? I setup deluge and the cache settings seem pretty limited. No apparent way to point caching to a specific location.
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    Hard drive setup for hosting multiple VMs?

    Just for clarification, is the over provisioning done on the controller, hypervisor or on each VM? I have a pair of 500gb SSDs in Raid 1 in ESXI and have set them up as single data store. Not sure what is the ideal way to setup OP.
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    Hard drive setup for hosting multiple VMs?

    Do you use a ram disk for caching? Any recommended size?
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    Hard drive setup for hosting multiple VMs?

    Thanks, you running in RAID 1?
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    Hard drive setup for hosting multiple VMs?

    The torrent VM will be writing/reading files to a separate datastore, will it still affect IO on the SSDs significantly?
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    Hard drive setup for hosting multiple VMs?

    I am building a new home server in SuperMicro SC846 with ESXi for virtualization. The initial plan is to spin up the following virtual machines: - Windows 2012 Plex Server with DVR - BlueIris NVR - PiHole - Ubuntu VM for torrent client - UniFi controller - Reverse Proxy - 1-2 rotating...
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    Quiet Rackmount Server

    Sorry, gotcha. Ann Arbor/Detroit Area in Michigan.
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    Quiet Rackmount Server

    I am located in the US. Most the stuff I see on Ebay are prebuilt servers from The Server Store. Not even sure what reasonable prices are for these components because I am finding so few examples for sale. I am fine spending a little extra to be quieter and more power efficient. Would like to...
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    Quiet Rackmount Server

    Okay, so it sounds like I would be better off buying a chassis and parts separately if I the 846 chassis is the way to go for me. Are there any good sites for Supermicro stuff? Searching hasn't turned up much other than the 846 servers on ebay.
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    Quiet Rackmount Server

    I do not have anything other than hard drives for the new server. I thought the 846 stuff I was looking at on had processors, board and ram included.
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    Quiet Rackmount Server

    I recently got a full 42U rack for my home server and networking and want to replace my existing tower server to a rackmount server. I was initially looking at Dell R7X0 and R5X0 series servers but I have heard some conflicting comments about noise and power consumption. I do not need it...