Hey guys,
new to the forum, im not sure if this the correct place to post this, i think i want to use ZFS maybe via freenas
so my problem is i have homelab of two servers in different locations which i would like to mirror via wan ( need advice on the best way to do this, hopefully securely)
the hardware is as follows i have a HP Ml150 gen6 DP with 48gb of memory and a highpoint rocketRAID 2720 with four 5TB drives in raid 0, this server is currently running server 2012r2 standard with Hyper-v enabled running some light game server VM's ( im also open for advice on "better" options ) installed is on a 120gb SSD
next up i have a HP microserver gen8 with a e3-1230v2 with only 8gb of memory using the onboard b120i also running raid 0 with windows server 2012R2 datacenter installed on a 120gb SSD
now as for the storage the servers basically already have a mirrored copy of what is mostly media like TVshow and movies backups ripped from dvd and blurays, some office files from my wifes business and the VM's from the game servers i host for friends and family
one of the servers uses plex to push the media to an xbox but the other uses simple SMB shares to a linux media player
currently both servers uses about 11TB of data, and i don't really know what my best option for having them sync'd would be,
just trying to think of information that could help in recommending options or products
the internet connections for both sites are 300/50mbits with 1terabyte quota (thanks aussie net)
i guess at some point later on next year i plan on upgrading the microserver to one of them fancy xeon d SOC's
the memory restrictions are preventing me from using it as a hypervisor
i dont have very much experience with esxi but i am willing to learn, or maybe even KVM/proxmox
due to the "hardware" raid controllers is ZFS even an option for me, neither of the controllers to my knowledge offer a JBOD mode or pass the smart info to the OS
i do intend on running a webserver and mail server from the microserver location
thanks for any advice or opinions that can be offered
Anthony
new to the forum, im not sure if this the correct place to post this, i think i want to use ZFS maybe via freenas
so my problem is i have homelab of two servers in different locations which i would like to mirror via wan ( need advice on the best way to do this, hopefully securely)
the hardware is as follows i have a HP Ml150 gen6 DP with 48gb of memory and a highpoint rocketRAID 2720 with four 5TB drives in raid 0, this server is currently running server 2012r2 standard with Hyper-v enabled running some light game server VM's ( im also open for advice on "better" options ) installed is on a 120gb SSD
next up i have a HP microserver gen8 with a e3-1230v2 with only 8gb of memory using the onboard b120i also running raid 0 with windows server 2012R2 datacenter installed on a 120gb SSD
now as for the storage the servers basically already have a mirrored copy of what is mostly media like TVshow and movies backups ripped from dvd and blurays, some office files from my wifes business and the VM's from the game servers i host for friends and family
one of the servers uses plex to push the media to an xbox but the other uses simple SMB shares to a linux media player
currently both servers uses about 11TB of data, and i don't really know what my best option for having them sync'd would be,
just trying to think of information that could help in recommending options or products
the internet connections for both sites are 300/50mbits with 1terabyte quota (thanks aussie net)
i guess at some point later on next year i plan on upgrading the microserver to one of them fancy xeon d SOC's
the memory restrictions are preventing me from using it as a hypervisor
i dont have very much experience with esxi but i am willing to learn, or maybe even KVM/proxmox
due to the "hardware" raid controllers is ZFS even an option for me, neither of the controllers to my knowledge offer a JBOD mode or pass the smart info to the OS
i do intend on running a webserver and mail server from the microserver location
thanks for any advice or opinions that can be offered
Anthony