I'm in need of an upgrade. I currently have an X9SCM as my primary host. It's setup as an All In One with 5 VM's. I also have another HP Z600 serving 4 VM's. It's time to retire the Z600. My storage VM has 24 1TB HD's. I have a few 3TB drives ready for new dedicated storageI'd like to break it all up by doing the following:
Option 1:
1. Build a new host with a Supermicro X8DTi-F motherboard, dual hex-core CPU's, 32+GB RAM.
2. Use the X9SCM to build a Freenas box for dedicated storage with 3TB drives
With dual hex-core processors and 32-48GB RAM, I should be able to power all of my VM's sufficiently. My concern with going back to a single host is no redundancy.
Option 2:
1. Purchase a Supermicro 6026TT-HDTRF Fat Twin
2. Use the X9SCM to build a Freenas box for dedicated storage with 3TB drives
I'll have some redundancy with this option. Concern here is noise since it would be housed in my home office.
Option 3:
1. Purchase a Supermicro 6026TT-TF
2. Use the X9SCM to build a Freenas box for dedicated storage with 3TB drives
This would give me multiple nodes to play with in a really small footprint. Once again, I'm figuring it will be fairly noisy. Even more redundancy here.
Current VM's:
1. Couchpotato/sickbeard/sabnzbd
2. Asterisk PBX
3. Fileserver/Media server
4. Ubiquiti Unifi wireless controller
5. Media streamer
6. Security NVR
7. Windows 7
8. Windows 8
Future VM's:
1. Firewall
2. UTM
3. MySQL DB
4. Windows 10
I'm leaning more towards Option 2 as a good compromise. Most of the Fat Twins come with quad core CPU's. I would sell them for a few bucks to offset the price of some hex-core CPU's. I'm interested in feedback on the fat twins by Supermicro.......THANKS!
Option 1:
1. Build a new host with a Supermicro X8DTi-F motherboard, dual hex-core CPU's, 32+GB RAM.
2. Use the X9SCM to build a Freenas box for dedicated storage with 3TB drives
With dual hex-core processors and 32-48GB RAM, I should be able to power all of my VM's sufficiently. My concern with going back to a single host is no redundancy.
Option 2:
1. Purchase a Supermicro 6026TT-HDTRF Fat Twin
2. Use the X9SCM to build a Freenas box for dedicated storage with 3TB drives
I'll have some redundancy with this option. Concern here is noise since it would be housed in my home office.
Option 3:
1. Purchase a Supermicro 6026TT-TF
2. Use the X9SCM to build a Freenas box for dedicated storage with 3TB drives
This would give me multiple nodes to play with in a really small footprint. Once again, I'm figuring it will be fairly noisy. Even more redundancy here.
Current VM's:
1. Couchpotato/sickbeard/sabnzbd
2. Asterisk PBX
3. Fileserver/Media server
4. Ubiquiti Unifi wireless controller
5. Media streamer
6. Security NVR
7. Windows 7
8. Windows 8
Future VM's:
1. Firewall
2. UTM
3. MySQL DB
4. Windows 10
I'm leaning more towards Option 2 as a good compromise. Most of the Fat Twins come with quad core CPU's. I would sell them for a few bucks to offset the price of some hex-core CPU's. I'm interested in feedback on the fat twins by Supermicro.......THANKS!