Hello,
I am not new here but I forgot my username or it was deleted after longer time of inactivity. So I restart as a beginner.
I am planning to build-up a small 24/7 ITX server with ESXi (or maybe XEN Server) for home use. It should replace my old power hungry NAS modified Thecus with openindiana and napp-it) and my Atom based ESXi box running firewall (pfsense) and two more small linux VMs (home automation and webserver). I would like to combine everything in one box with the intention reduce power consumption and heat absorption.
For the napp-it NAS VM I would like to follow the recommendation of napp-it to use dedicated HDDs by PCI pass-through. All other VM will be a separate HDD and not on the NAS via iSCSI to be able to spin down the NAS HDDs if there is no access do the data.
The small ITX form factor is important to fulfill the criteria of the WAF (wife acceptance factor). The same for the heat absorption, if it is getting too hot in the "server room" the box will get kicked out of the storage room. For an efficient system I am planning to use a new haswell XEON cpu even it is not the cheapest you can get.
This is my target hardware so far:
My questions:
Thanky for your help.
I am not new here but I forgot my username or it was deleted after longer time of inactivity. So I restart as a beginner.
I am planning to build-up a small 24/7 ITX server with ESXi (or maybe XEN Server) for home use. It should replace my old power hungry NAS modified Thecus with openindiana and napp-it) and my Atom based ESXi box running firewall (pfsense) and two more small linux VMs (home automation and webserver). I would like to combine everything in one box with the intention reduce power consumption and heat absorption.
For the napp-it NAS VM I would like to follow the recommendation of napp-it to use dedicated HDDs by PCI pass-through. All other VM will be a separate HDD and not on the NAS via iSCSI to be able to spin down the NAS HDDs if there is no access do the data.
The small ITX form factor is important to fulfill the criteria of the WAF (wife acceptance factor). The same for the heat absorption, if it is getting too hot in the "server room" the box will get kicked out of the storage room. For an efficient system I am planning to use a new haswell XEON cpu even it is not the cheapest you can get.
This is my target hardware so far:
- Intel S1200V3RPL ITX with C226 <--- mistake. Is µATX form factor
- Intel E3-1230L V3
- 2 x Kingston KVR16LE11/8EF 8GB PC3L-12800 CL11 ECC UDIMM
- Chembro SR30169
- Super Flower Golden Green PRO SF-400P14XE (or any other device with high efficiency und low load)
- Intel AXXRMM4 - RMM4 Activation Key + dedicated NIC port module"
- Intel RMS25KB040 4-port SAS entry level HW RAID (as an option)
My questions:
- What will be the power comsumtion of this configuration about in idle mode running ESXi (without HDDs)?
- Will be there a benefit by using the E3-1230L V3? Or is the power consumption of the E3-1230 V3 comparable in idle mode and under light load?
- Is PCI passthough of some SATA only possible under ESXi or can I only passthough all 6 SATA ports of the C226?
- Is HDD spin down of the HDDs dedicated via passthough to one VM possible? (Under openindiana and napp-it running on bare metal it is possible.)
Thanky for your help.
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