My fast server also has the most space.
2 x Quad-core Xeon 5470 @ 3.33 GHz
6 x 1 Tb SAS @ 7200 RPM in 6 Tb RAID 0 via a PERC 6/i controller
Being that it's fast, it's a dedicated VM host.
Being that it's spacious, I'd like for it to provide storage for both hosted VMs & network workstations.
I read a couple posts here referring to the silliness of virtualized storage.
It would seem a waste of CPU/RAM to use the whole box for storage.
--and--
It seems a waste of space to not provide storage for unvirtualized workstations.
One of the VMs is Microsoft's Small Business Server 2008 & I could at least have shared folders in there.
Might I be better off with something like WebDAV in that than openfiler in KVM?
My limited understanding of OpenVZ suggests it's partial virtualization implies better performance however I read somewhere that it's not a good idea because specialized kernel modules providing key features wouldn't be present in the host OS.
Further expert opinions would be appreciated.
