hello, I have been lurking here for a wile, and now I again need some opinion and/or help.
in the last year, I have been trying to build out a home server to be used for virtualization and file server roles.
my needs/wants are:
what I want:
#1. it will be a Linux OS.
I am currently looking at CentOS, OpenSuse and Fedora.
I tried Ubuntu, Proxmox, Debian and a couple of custom distros like NetHServer etc.
#2. I plan to run KVM for vm hosting
#3. ALL data will be hosted on the main host. I mean I have a super micro 24 bay server that will be my main and only Host and it will host the main distro and all my data drives.
#4 I really want a WebUI for both host management and vm management. I do not mind occasional CLI intervention if needed but GUI is a must and a webGUI is a really really nice to have so I can access it from outside if need be.
I am currently have a bunch of disks in a raid 1 BTRFS pool. my server does not have hardware raid. thus I choose BTRFS for both a data protection and raid setup. but that was also created lots of difficulties for setting up my host as not many distros support BTRFS fully if at all. it creates some othe difficulties and restrictions along the way.
so, if some one can suggest something that will work and be reliable I will definitely consider.
I was looking into snapRaid recently and if I can figure out how to use it for my setup it is one of the top candidates for me.
my main use of the server is a shared centralised space for all computer in the family
and media storage and server. I plan to run several helper VMs like OpenMediaVault or owncloud
maybe Plex server or Emby server. a vm with subnzb and related soft
in the last year, I have been trying to build out a home server to be used for virtualization and file server roles.
my needs/wants are:
what I want:
#1. it will be a Linux OS.
I am currently looking at CentOS, OpenSuse and Fedora.
I tried Ubuntu, Proxmox, Debian and a couple of custom distros like NetHServer etc.
#2. I plan to run KVM for vm hosting
#3. ALL data will be hosted on the main host. I mean I have a super micro 24 bay server that will be my main and only Host and it will host the main distro and all my data drives.
#4 I really want a WebUI for both host management and vm management. I do not mind occasional CLI intervention if needed but GUI is a must and a webGUI is a really really nice to have so I can access it from outside if need be.
I am currently have a bunch of disks in a raid 1 BTRFS pool. my server does not have hardware raid. thus I choose BTRFS for both a data protection and raid setup. but that was also created lots of difficulties for setting up my host as not many distros support BTRFS fully if at all. it creates some othe difficulties and restrictions along the way.
so, if some one can suggest something that will work and be reliable I will definitely consider.
I was looking into snapRaid recently and if I can figure out how to use it for my setup it is one of the top candidates for me.
my main use of the server is a shared centralised space for all computer in the family
and media storage and server. I plan to run several helper VMs like OpenMediaVault or owncloud
maybe Plex server or Emby server. a vm with subnzb and related soft