Coming from a background of using Windows only ( with imaging/multiboot) ,
not knowing much in Linux and knowing just as little about virtualization,
I'm kind of finding it hard to know which way to turn regarding choice of hypervisor
and how to use the storage I have available.
The server will be used for learning about virtualization,
various OSs (Win/Linux) and for programming/graphics.
I have the following hardware available:
- TS140 server , XEON e3-1246-v3 , 2*1TB HDD, 1*256GB SSD, 20GB memory,
1 single Intel nic, 1 quad Intel nic.
- 1TB WD NAS
- A few old pcs eg pentium 3, 4, core 2 duo laptop
-beaglebone
I would appreciate if I could get some pointer on how best to use the server storage
so that I could maybe try out a few of the bare metal hypervisors (if possible)
or a recommendation on what to start with - to avoid learning the hard way.
My initial "general" idea was not to use raid, to use the SSD for running VMs and
one 1TB HDD for storage and the other 1 TB for backup but have no clue
whether it is a good idea nor in which form this could be done.
For Esxi, I was going to use a USB stick but regarding the rest of the storage,
I'm a bit lost.
I did go to the trouble of getting a server with ECC memory, so I would prefer
a dependable solution for the storage also.
not knowing much in Linux and knowing just as little about virtualization,
I'm kind of finding it hard to know which way to turn regarding choice of hypervisor
and how to use the storage I have available.
The server will be used for learning about virtualization,
various OSs (Win/Linux) and for programming/graphics.
I have the following hardware available:
- TS140 server , XEON e3-1246-v3 , 2*1TB HDD, 1*256GB SSD, 20GB memory,
1 single Intel nic, 1 quad Intel nic.
- 1TB WD NAS
- A few old pcs eg pentium 3, 4, core 2 duo laptop
-beaglebone
I would appreciate if I could get some pointer on how best to use the server storage
so that I could maybe try out a few of the bare metal hypervisors (if possible)
or a recommendation on what to start with - to avoid learning the hard way.
My initial "general" idea was not to use raid, to use the SSD for running VMs and
one 1TB HDD for storage and the other 1 TB for backup but have no clue
whether it is a good idea nor in which form this could be done.
For Esxi, I was going to use a USB stick but regarding the rest of the storage,
I'm a bit lost.
I did go to the trouble of getting a server with ECC memory, so I would prefer
a dependable solution for the storage also.