JackTheRyder Posted August 23, 2017 #1 Posted August 23, 2017 I have a ASRock C2550d4i. Is it better to install Synology baremetal and run VMs inside Synology or install ESXi and install Synology as a VM? Quote
Bhakta Posted August 23, 2017 #2 Posted August 23, 2017 Is that mobo new? I had mine for two years and it just died because of the faulty Intel chip fiasco. I am currently putting in for a claim with Asrock, looks like they'll replace it. For your question. I run mine on Bare Metal and it works fine for me... Quote
JackTheRyder Posted August 24, 2017 Author #3 Posted August 24, 2017 14 hours ago, Bhakta said: Is that mobo new? I had mine for two years and it just died because of the faulty Intel chip fiasco. I am currently putting in for a claim with Asrock, looks like they'll replace it. For your question. I run mine on Bare Metal and it works fine for me... Is it free shipping both ways? I got it mid 2016, didn't use it till now. Quote
Nucklez Posted August 24, 2017 #4 Posted August 24, 2017 I'm in the same boat. Right now, I like the idea of running the Synology on baremetal and use VMM for the VMs. I only have 8GB or RAM to play with, so actually running ESXi, a Windows VM and a Synology VM don't leave me much room to do anything else. Though, running Synology baremetal with a 4GB Windows VM doesn't allow another VM with only 2GB of RAM to boot up because of not enough RAM available to Synology I suppose. With ESX, you do get the ability to take snapshots of your Synology disk before running an upgrade though. So, there has to be some merit to that. Quote
Bhakta Posted August 24, 2017 #5 Posted August 24, 2017 Is it free shipping both ways? I got it mid 2016, didn't use it till now.I haven't got that far. If I pay one way, so be it. We'll see over the next few days.I'd be researching the board if I was to - to see if you're susceptible to this issue. The boards become bricked after ~18months.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Bhakta Posted September 11, 2017 #6 Posted September 11, 2017 On 8/24/2017 at 2:31 PM, Bhakta said: I haven't got that far. If I pay one way, so be it. We'll see over the next few days. I'd be researching the board if I was to - to see if you're susceptible to this issue. The boards become bricked after ~18months. No, I paid one way. They paid the other.... It came back today.... They sent a brand new board, with the upgraded BMC and BIOS... I'm happy to say the least. Quote
JackTheRyder Posted September 11, 2017 Author #7 Posted September 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Bhakta said: No, I paid one way. They paid the other.... It came back today.... They sent a brand new board, with the upgraded BMC and BIOS... I'm happy to say the least. So it's actually a new stepping that fixes the component degradation issue? Quote
Bhakta Posted September 11, 2017 #8 Posted September 11, 2017 Yes, intel's product sheet for these chips says their revision has fixed the issue...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
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