Hello,
I am in the process of building my first All-In-One server. Will be using ESXi v5.1 w/ OI + napp-it, primarily for ZFS use. I also want to have 2-3 other non-critical VM's to play around with such as PFsense, 2008 R2 etc.
System Specs:
E3-1230v2
32GB 1600 ECC UDIMM
SuperMicro X9SCM-IIF
2x IBM M1015 + 10x Toshiba 3TB RAID-Z2
Crucial M4 256GB (Will be on motherboard controller and want to load ESXi and all VM's on this drive)
Is there any particular settings/tweaks/optimizations I should set for VMware? I will be sure to check the BIOS to make sure VT-d and VT-x is enabled.
I also read somewhere something about pass-through of OI via NFS or iSCSI. What does this exactly mean and which is better?
Thank You!
I am in the process of building my first All-In-One server. Will be using ESXi v5.1 w/ OI + napp-it, primarily for ZFS use. I also want to have 2-3 other non-critical VM's to play around with such as PFsense, 2008 R2 etc.
System Specs:
E3-1230v2
32GB 1600 ECC UDIMM
SuperMicro X9SCM-IIF
2x IBM M1015 + 10x Toshiba 3TB RAID-Z2
Crucial M4 256GB (Will be on motherboard controller and want to load ESXi and all VM's on this drive)
Is there any particular settings/tweaks/optimizations I should set for VMware? I will be sure to check the BIOS to make sure VT-d and VT-x is enabled.
I also read somewhere something about pass-through of OI via NFS or iSCSI. What does this exactly mean and which is better?
Thank You!