Hi
Once more I need a little guidance since I have read so many wiki,guides,propositions and I am still at zero in the matter of proper installation according to my needs
Still I am unable to decide which file system would be suitable for OS. Since I ll need your advice on that it would be wise to tell you my configuration. System is comprised of
2x intel xeon (12 cores, 24 threads) with 32gb for sure maybe 64 though if the budget allows it. 2x1gb nic onboard. Perc H310 controller is out, after reading the worst about it as performanceand lack of ssd trim support.
For storage i intent to use
-2x128gb (consumer ssd) for OS mirrored (but what is the point in using zfs when the vm's, containers,backups,snapshots will be stored in another storage media. Do you think zfs would help somehow?)
-2x480gb (I ll try for 960, consumer ssd) for Vm's and Containers mirrored
-2x480gb (possible again for 960gb) for backup and snapshots mirrored
The Os will be Win Serv2012 or 2016 with the role of DHCP, DNS, AD, SQL base 2014 (if I can recall) and 2-3 network printers (all these are already running on an ancient dual core x3130 xeon on a dell t300 or something - I m on vacation and forgot to take the notes with me).
Since a new ERP is going to be installed and I asked for a new SQL instance to work properly and a small win10 pc running 1-2 special services. Do you think that I should break the win serv in 2 or 3 vm's for all the workload. O fcourse then it would be the extra cost of licenses (By the way in VM the licenses types are the same as for the bare metal server?) Best possible solution is to use Linux OS for DHCP,DNS,SQL but I haven't done that in the past and that is beyond the scope of this post.
Since all the storage is going to be ssd what do you think about the filesystem in each of the above mirrored storage devices? I ve heard about trim isnt supported yet there is a read through something like that on zfs that makes trim not needed (still unsure about it ). Also even if Vm's are on ssd's do I really need ssd since the Vm's are used for services only and not being used directly? Same goes for backup purposes. Will ther be some gains using ssd's? It is going to be used a sas onboard intel controller(not in raid mode. I think there is an option that disabled raid yet I dont know if that makes the sas controller work in passthrough mode)
Thank you and I hope for answers
Once more I need a little guidance since I have read so many wiki,guides,propositions and I am still at zero in the matter of proper installation according to my needs
Still I am unable to decide which file system would be suitable for OS. Since I ll need your advice on that it would be wise to tell you my configuration. System is comprised of
2x intel xeon (12 cores, 24 threads) with 32gb for sure maybe 64 though if the budget allows it. 2x1gb nic onboard. Perc H310 controller is out, after reading the worst about it as performanceand lack of ssd trim support.
For storage i intent to use
-2x128gb (consumer ssd) for OS mirrored (but what is the point in using zfs when the vm's, containers,backups,snapshots will be stored in another storage media. Do you think zfs would help somehow?)
-2x480gb (I ll try for 960, consumer ssd) for Vm's and Containers mirrored
-2x480gb (possible again for 960gb) for backup and snapshots mirrored
The Os will be Win Serv2012 or 2016 with the role of DHCP, DNS, AD, SQL base 2014 (if I can recall) and 2-3 network printers (all these are already running on an ancient dual core x3130 xeon on a dell t300 or something - I m on vacation and forgot to take the notes with me).
Since a new ERP is going to be installed and I asked for a new SQL instance to work properly and a small win10 pc running 1-2 special services. Do you think that I should break the win serv in 2 or 3 vm's for all the workload. O fcourse then it would be the extra cost of licenses (By the way in VM the licenses types are the same as for the bare metal server?) Best possible solution is to use Linux OS for DHCP,DNS,SQL but I haven't done that in the past and that is beyond the scope of this post.
Since all the storage is going to be ssd what do you think about the filesystem in each of the above mirrored storage devices? I ve heard about trim isnt supported yet there is a read through something like that on zfs that makes trim not needed (still unsure about it ). Also even if Vm's are on ssd's do I really need ssd since the Vm's are used for services only and not being used directly? Same goes for backup purposes. Will ther be some gains using ssd's? It is going to be used a sas onboard intel controller(not in raid mode. I think there is an option that disabled raid yet I dont know if that makes the sas controller work in passthrough mode)
Thank you and I hope for answers