Hey all - new here, hopefully this is the right forum for this question.
I have an UnRAID server that I've been running for years, super happy with it for some of what I use it for (my "Plex stack", storage, backups.)
I am building a separate box to move my "compute" loads to and am looking for some suggestions on how to handle drives on it. For any real storage, I'll be pointing this box to my UnRAID array.
I have a Dell R630 that I've recently acquired. It is the 8x2.5" S130 (i.e. SATA only software controller) version. I can buy and add an H330/H730/H730P + cable allowing me to use SAS drives.
I don't need a lot of storage on this box at all. I'm looking for performance. My plan is to run Proxmox on it, with a handful of desktop VMs that I'll use one at a time (and not super often) plus either 2-4 other VMs running docker containers or straight LXC containers for the rest of my apps that I'm moving over from my UnRAID box (20-40 containers over time including network services and a number of web/db style apps).
So... where I'm looking for help...
What should I do drive/storage-wise?
Should I add an H330/H730/H730P (if so, which one?) but flash it to IT mode and use it as an HBA, allowing Proxmox to manage any ZFS-based RAID pools?
This is 1U chassis with limited PCI expansion that I would prefer to save so if you are going to suggest any hardware HBA or RAID controller - the "mini mono" path makes sense... right?
At that point I figure I could buy a handful of say, 600 or 900 GB 10k SAS drives and build a performance-focused RAID array or two.
Or... should I use the built in controller and a pair or multiple pairs of 2.5" SATA drives (SSDs?)
Or... something else I'm not thinking of?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice!
I have an UnRAID server that I've been running for years, super happy with it for some of what I use it for (my "Plex stack", storage, backups.)
I am building a separate box to move my "compute" loads to and am looking for some suggestions on how to handle drives on it. For any real storage, I'll be pointing this box to my UnRAID array.
I have a Dell R630 that I've recently acquired. It is the 8x2.5" S130 (i.e. SATA only software controller) version. I can buy and add an H330/H730/H730P + cable allowing me to use SAS drives.
I don't need a lot of storage on this box at all. I'm looking for performance. My plan is to run Proxmox on it, with a handful of desktop VMs that I'll use one at a time (and not super often) plus either 2-4 other VMs running docker containers or straight LXC containers for the rest of my apps that I'm moving over from my UnRAID box (20-40 containers over time including network services and a number of web/db style apps).
So... where I'm looking for help...
What should I do drive/storage-wise?
Should I add an H330/H730/H730P (if so, which one?) but flash it to IT mode and use it as an HBA, allowing Proxmox to manage any ZFS-based RAID pools?
This is 1U chassis with limited PCI expansion that I would prefer to save so if you are going to suggest any hardware HBA or RAID controller - the "mini mono" path makes sense... right?
At that point I figure I could buy a handful of say, 600 or 900 GB 10k SAS drives and build a performance-focused RAID array or two.
Or... should I use the built in controller and a pair or multiple pairs of 2.5" SATA drives (SSDs?)
Or... something else I'm not thinking of?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice!