Hi and sorry in advance for my bad english.
I have a lot of questions because I have no experience in virtual systems ( I only used VirtualBox several times on Windows) and unix just for fun/rooting smartphones, etc.
I am in the middle of setup of my home server because I no longer have time to assemble new pcs in home, just want to have one professional central unit. The initially assumed expanded diy NAS turned into a solid rack-mounted workstation. It will be a main home computer located in a separate closed server room (along with router/switch, LTO backup, UPS and all cabling). It will be used by all household members, connecting to it via ethernet from their weaker laptops/PCs to access of their files (and maybe also virtual systems in the future). The equipment on which it will be based is Supermicro x10drhc motherboard with two xeons e52640v3, 16gb ddr4 ecc for each processor (for now), dual port GbE LAN and 1000W PSU all connected to Dlink 48port gigabit switch (DGS-1210-48). I am currently waiting for the provider to connect fiber internet so I don't know what additional equipment I will get to it. Until now in my last house I stored everything on a complex pc/NAS based on intel board, corei5, pendrive as bootloader and 8 sata hdds with Xpenology system installed on it.
I have a dilemma of how and what system I should install. Here's a list of what I would like to use it for:
- I need space to store a large amount of data (ZFS or BTRFS) with option of recovering it in the event of a failure ( i got previously purchased sata WD reds and Seagate Ironwolfs)
- system as NAS multimedia server (movies, music, etc) to stream it on tvs and smartphones by DLNA
- an application that would take over the function of torrent downloader/ like Synology Download Station (a big plus would be to have extensive options and build in search engine).
- a guest OS on which I could work and play newest games by connecting to it from my home office pc- win10 + hi end GPU (maybe it would be possible to do the same for my kids but install some weaker cards in pcix 3.0 8x slots?)
- additionally- monitoring aplication/system for house and surroundings
- additionally- VPN- I never used it (only through the browser) but I would like to have it on all home computers
- additionally- access to files from outside network ( if it would be securely set) and maybe some webhosting for me in the future
What kind of virtualization system would be right for me and where should it be placed? On pendrive as hypervisor + virtual systems on other disks, or everything on one high capacity hdd disk, ssd or fast sas disks in raid?
Which system option would be best:
- proxmox (supposedly gpu pass-through work well on it) or esxi + virtual systems ( win10 for me, NAS system for multimedia, f.ex. freenas, openmediavault, xpenology)
- NAS system + virtual systems stored inside it?
- some unix distro + KVM (or windows server)+ virtual systems inside it?
- some other option
Is something like that possible to perform for proper every day use? I would be grateful for any help.
I have a lot of questions because I have no experience in virtual systems ( I only used VirtualBox several times on Windows) and unix just for fun/rooting smartphones, etc.
I am in the middle of setup of my home server because I no longer have time to assemble new pcs in home, just want to have one professional central unit. The initially assumed expanded diy NAS turned into a solid rack-mounted workstation. It will be a main home computer located in a separate closed server room (along with router/switch, LTO backup, UPS and all cabling). It will be used by all household members, connecting to it via ethernet from their weaker laptops/PCs to access of their files (and maybe also virtual systems in the future). The equipment on which it will be based is Supermicro x10drhc motherboard with two xeons e52640v3, 16gb ddr4 ecc for each processor (for now), dual port GbE LAN and 1000W PSU all connected to Dlink 48port gigabit switch (DGS-1210-48). I am currently waiting for the provider to connect fiber internet so I don't know what additional equipment I will get to it. Until now in my last house I stored everything on a complex pc/NAS based on intel board, corei5, pendrive as bootloader and 8 sata hdds with Xpenology system installed on it.
I have a dilemma of how and what system I should install. Here's a list of what I would like to use it for:
- I need space to store a large amount of data (ZFS or BTRFS) with option of recovering it in the event of a failure ( i got previously purchased sata WD reds and Seagate Ironwolfs)
- system as NAS multimedia server (movies, music, etc) to stream it on tvs and smartphones by DLNA
- an application that would take over the function of torrent downloader/ like Synology Download Station (a big plus would be to have extensive options and build in search engine).
- a guest OS on which I could work and play newest games by connecting to it from my home office pc- win10 + hi end GPU (maybe it would be possible to do the same for my kids but install some weaker cards in pcix 3.0 8x slots?)
- additionally- monitoring aplication/system for house and surroundings
- additionally- VPN- I never used it (only through the browser) but I would like to have it on all home computers
- additionally- access to files from outside network ( if it would be securely set) and maybe some webhosting for me in the future
What kind of virtualization system would be right for me and where should it be placed? On pendrive as hypervisor + virtual systems on other disks, or everything on one high capacity hdd disk, ssd or fast sas disks in raid?
Which system option would be best:
- proxmox (supposedly gpu pass-through work well on it) or esxi + virtual systems ( win10 for me, NAS system for multimedia, f.ex. freenas, openmediavault, xpenology)
- NAS system + virtual systems stored inside it?
- some unix distro + KVM (or windows server)+ virtual systems inside it?
- some other option
Is something like that possible to perform for proper every day use? I would be grateful for any help.