shinrei82 Posted December 23, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 23, 2014 Hi Guys, I'am planning to make a XPenology on this particular hardware (need Plex transcoding, 4 disk, low consumption). Kind of benjistark has. Box: Fractal Design NODE 304 Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-H97N-WIFI CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-4130T 2.9GHz RAM: 4G DDR3 1600 My question is as it should not consume that much, Can I use a power supply like Seasonic G-360 80PLUS Gold ? Also for this MB: - Can we use an invisible USB module to boot? Like this, I will not use an external USB port. - Do we need a USB 3 or USB 2 should be enough to boot? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diverge Posted December 24, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 24, 2014 360W is way more than enough for that system. A typical 5900rpm drive uses about 20 watts at initial power up, then only about 4-5 watts for reads and writes. You're cpu is only 35 watts, and that is at full load. My current systems uses 4 x 3TB WD Reds, 1 x 4 seagate, and an i7 3770T (45W)... all on a 120W power brick. The key for my system is staggered powerup of the hard drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted December 28, 2014 Thanks for the answer. What about the USB stick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted December 28, 2014 Share #4 Posted December 28, 2014 Checkout my signature. Your system is overkill. You don't need that CPU. Get a low power CPU! Most of the people around don't think that this system should and is running 24/7/365. It uses a lot of power!! Get an embedded x86_64 CPU and 2GB RAM and it will worth it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted December 28, 2014 Yeah The MB ASRock Q1900-ITX was my first attempt but as I wanted also running esxi with some system (etc + macos x, lightroom) I take a higher one which is I3-4340. It uses 54w. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted December 28, 2014 Share #6 Posted December 28, 2014 That's my HyperV server. I think it's definitively worth it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted December 28, 2014 Share #7 Posted December 28, 2014 I have 16GB RAM and 2x SSDs (128GB+480GB) but this is a matter of need. It's also my home lab. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted December 28, 2014 Seems working nicely. Here is my new nas : Fractal Design NODE 304 Gygabyte GA-H97N-Wifi ocz vertex 4 512go 3 WD red 4TO Seasonic G-450 Half device have been bought in second hand and I have got lucky for some device, the guy wanted to sell quickly Anyway I will follow the guide of one of the guy here to run exsi + virtual machines on ssd + data store on we red. I should start middle of next week. By the way should I downloade latest nanoboot updated and dsm updated avaliable or should I take the main image and then update to the latest one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted December 28, 2014 Share #9 Posted December 28, 2014 Take care as there are some hardware requirements coming from ESX. Check them as 4GB of RAM is not enough for ESX 5.5 to run. If you're a novice in virtualization/xpenology, i recommend using HyperV, but maybe it's also a matter of taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted December 29, 2014 Yes thanks. It should be fine. I will come here if needed So which image should I download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted December 29, 2014 Share #11 Posted December 29, 2014 Latest nanoboot is 5.0.3.2 x64 Check this out: http://www.xpenology.nl/vmware-esxi-installatie/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted December 31, 2014 OK for nanoboot and I take DSM 5.0-4528 Update 2 for DS3612? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted January 1, 2015 Share #13 Posted January 1, 2015 The latest I have and is generally available under xpenology is DSM 5.0-4528 Update 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks I'll take that one. Happy new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markluv Posted January 4, 2015 Share #15 Posted January 4, 2015 Hey shinrei82! How your esxi build going with this hardware? I'm getting ready to attempt this same build. Did you run into any issues? Can the version you installed run on both esxi 5.1 and 5.5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted January 5, 2015 Hi, Should receive my MB this week and will go to install it. I will do a mix of the two guide: [Guide] Up and running with ESXI and XPEenology: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3564 and [Guide] Installing Synology DSM on Non Synology Hardware - Interactive Guide (ESXI method) http://cyanlabs.net/Thread-Installing-S ... tive-Guide All I want is: * Booting ESXI on USB Stick 16Go * SSD 512Go for storing virtual machines (Xpenology, mac os x) * 3 x WD RED 4To for data-drive I have downloaded ESXI 5.5 update 1 (latest available). Regarding the data-drive, as far as i know is we need to create RDM (Raw Device Mapping) for these 3 WD Red before adding them on Xpenology. May I right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markluv Posted January 6, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 6, 2015 I'm hoping to start my build today. I will keep you posted on my progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted January 6, 2015 I'm building tonight or tomorrow too Can someone tell me if the RDM is necessary to build a SHR raid? I hear it would be better performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted January 6, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 6, 2015 Hi mate, RDM is doing a passthrough on the disks to the DSM (as Virtual Machine) The advantage is that you can take the HDDs and move them to another system (Hypervisor or physical) and you will have the same data and everything (with little effort) will be the same. The disadvantage is that SMART will be managed by the Hypervisor and not by DSM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share #20 Posted January 6, 2015 Hey Thanks for ur answer. My goal is that xpenology manage the raid. So I should skip the rdm part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted January 6, 2015 Share #21 Posted January 6, 2015 Then you need Passthrough/RDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share #22 Posted January 6, 2015 Erh i wanted to say that the xpenology manage Also the smart. Can i have both ? Correct me if i'm wrong, if we dont do rdm we dont do shr ? Envoyé depuis mon Nexus 7 avec Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted January 7, 2015 Share #23 Posted January 7, 2015 Nope. That's only available on physical only Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted January 8, 2015 Erh after booting on the usb, esxi says it does not recognized the network adapter.. I tried both ports on the MB. Any idea ? Envoyé depuis mon Nexus 7 avec Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinrei82 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share #25 Posted January 9, 2015 Hey, The GA-H77N-WIFI has two nic, the Atheros AR8161 and Intel I217-V. EXSI does not have these drivers and need to be added with ESXI customizer. I followed: http://www.techygeekshome.co.uk/2014/04 ... ivers.html and https://communities.vmware.com/thread/4 ... 0&tstart=0 The drivers are net-alx-2.0.0.6b.x86_64.vib and net-e1000e-2.3.2.x86_64.vib NB: I added one by one. NB2: ESXI will ask you to update the NIC intel I217-V. To be continued... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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