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    Tutorial: DSM 6.x on Proxmox

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    Hello Guys,

     

    Might someone help me to understand why I can't get more than 1 SCSI disk in my VM?

     

    This is the VM config:

      

    args: -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,addr=0x18' -drive 'id=synoboot,file=/var/lib/vz/xpenology/synoboot-ds3615xs-208.img,if=none,format=raw' -device 'usb-storage,id=synoboot,drive=synoboot'
bios: ovmf
boot: d
cores: 2
efidisk0: local-lvm:vm-104-disk-0,size=4M
hotplug: network,usb
memory: 2048
name: Synotest
net0: e1000=42:59:0F:62:F5:2D,bridge=vmbr1
numa: 0
onboot: 1
ostype: l26
sata0: local-lvm:vm-104-disk-1,size=32G
sata1: zfs4k:vm-104-disk-1,size=2G
scsi0: zfs64k:vm-104-disk-0,discard=on,size=100G
scsi1: zfs4k:vm-104-disk-0,discard=on,size=1G
scsi2: zfs4k:vm-104-disk-2,size=32G
scsi3: zfs4k:vm-104-disk-3,size=32G
scsi4: zfs4k:vm-104-disk-4,size=32G
scsi5: zfs4k:vm-104-disk-5,size=32G
scsihw: megasas
smbios1: uuid=275869c7-7acd-4c76-9549-4f1a5abb933d
sockets: 1

     

    As you can see I attached 2 sata disk and 6 SCSI disks, with megaraid controller. While the VM is able to get all the sata drivers, it can get only the scsi0 disk.

    Is there any explaination for this?

     

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    XPEnology on ESXi or bare-metal

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    I don't like any MB with only 2 slots for RAM, although it will be fine for Xpenology. i3 is still a lot of CPU for just NAS. if you buy ECC, then i3 is a good choice. otherwise cheaper Pentiums are still more than enough. I don't know if you plan on usingthe wifi with xpenology or not, or if that wireless nic is supported, maybe check it out. H97 is also fairly overkill for what xpenology needs. 2 NICS are not the benefit you might think, unless your switch supports dynamic LACP AND you will have multiple folks hitting the NAS at the same moment with sequential reads / writes.

     

    The hardware is for ESXi and not only the NAS. The question is if to use NAS as bare-metal or ESXi, and in ESXi case "what hardware to buy".

    2Nics is good for ESXi, 1 nic for nas and 1 nic for other virtual machines.

    If i use "bare-metal" i think that my "atom dual core D510" is still good, or celeron/pentium/amd a1 are perfect.

     

    i3's don't support VTd, so if you're going the esxi route, you won't be able to pass hardware to any VM's. If you want VTd, you'll have to go w/ i5+.

     

    But only alternative to RDM solution is Raid controller with VT-D? this for Smart and etc...

    XPEnology on ESXi or bare-metal

    in Archives

    Posted

    Hi at all,

     

    I should change my nas/server, switch from Debian to XPEnology, probably, and i can choose to use my "old" Intel Atom D510 ( Dual Core 1.6 Ghz ) for bare-metal installation or install XPE as virtual machine on ESXi with the hardisk connected as RDM.

    Pro and cons????

     

    Thanks :smile:

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