My "dream" was to use the AIO for storage and running VMs from cellar and have monitor in my room (home/learning
setup). Due to inexperience and lack of understanding of ZFS/ESXI and other requirements I purchased hardware which is limited:
-WYSE P45 PCoiP thin client to have in my room
-Lenovo TS140 ,32GB memory, LSI2008 ,2*1TB HDD (mirror) for storage,
1*120GB SSD for ZFS/e.g. OmniOS & ESXI,
2*120GB DC S3500 SSD for VMs (mirror)
TS140 has - 450W power supply (-12V & +5.08V 17.64W max)
I wanted to add SLOG (have 2 * S3710 200GB) but that would most probably be going
over the 17.64W (S3710 - 5V 0.8A = 4W) and with the LSI2008 in the PC there is
no more space for a multi-monitor graphic card.
I am rethinking the whole idea and need to have 2-3 monitors and the AIO
can be in my room/switched on as a workstation if daily switch on/off isn't too
detrimental, otherwise I need a separate workstation in the room and AIO in cellar.
I am running all pc's on UPS's and find from time to time glitches
in power but I think the UPS/battery is good enough to cover power loss situations.
Would appreciate some thoughts on whether I could make the TS140 work
with fewer drives or is it better to sell it and save up for a better solution/what
would that be - had a look at the "napp-it_build_examples.pdf" ?
setup). Due to inexperience and lack of understanding of ZFS/ESXI and other requirements I purchased hardware which is limited:
-WYSE P45 PCoiP thin client to have in my room
-Lenovo TS140 ,32GB memory, LSI2008 ,2*1TB HDD (mirror) for storage,
1*120GB SSD for ZFS/e.g. OmniOS & ESXI,
2*120GB DC S3500 SSD for VMs (mirror)
TS140 has - 450W power supply (-12V & +5.08V 17.64W max)
I wanted to add SLOG (have 2 * S3710 200GB) but that would most probably be going
over the 17.64W (S3710 - 5V 0.8A = 4W) and with the LSI2008 in the PC there is
no more space for a multi-monitor graphic card.
I am rethinking the whole idea and need to have 2-3 monitors and the AIO
can be in my room/switched on as a workstation if daily switch on/off isn't too
detrimental, otherwise I need a separate workstation in the room and AIO in cellar.
I am running all pc's on UPS's and find from time to time glitches
in power but I think the UPS/battery is good enough to cover power loss situations.
Would appreciate some thoughts on whether I could make the TS140 work
with fewer drives or is it better to sell it and save up for a better solution/what
would that be - had a look at the "napp-it_build_examples.pdf" ?