Subj : Re: Arch btw
To   : Accession
From : Vorlon
Date : Sun Nov 30 2025 16:54:36

Hi Accession,

 On Wednesday November 26 2025, Accession said to Vorlon:

 >> I run Xigmanas in a vm on my ESXi server with 12Gb of ram allocated to
 >> it (Server has 32gb), and pass through the MB sata ports, and is running
 >> with four hd's in a mirror ZFS for each drive pair. 3Tb [*] for the
 >> media share (Movies, Pictures, Music), and 10tb for the backup share.
 >> (Think VM's from the server and remote vm's, plus the media share's.)

 A> Yep, my issue is I don't have that kind of space, or better yet the
 A> slots to put the space. I have 6 2TB drives, but only 4 slots in the
 A> server

First thing I'd be doing is going to higher capacity drives, even if you
continue to use your current server.

Have you thought about using a standard tower case (Mine is, with 6 3.5"
bays, and 3 5.14" bays). Even thought the server is a real server board it
works fine. It's a S1200BTL, with Xeon E31240, the same core/threads as
yours.

 A> I haven't had to spend on servers or parts in about 12 years, and built
 A> my gaming PC about 4 years ago. The prices didn't change much between
 A> the server and PC, but they sure have definitely changed between then
 A> and now. ;)

Have you thought about using a high end non server board/cpu? I recently
looked at both dedicated server type boards ($1000AUD odd just for the
board), and non server board (ie: Gigabyte B850 A ELITE WF7 ICE 1.0). It's
only $400AUD. The main thing that's needed is sata/m2 ports and ram/cpu.

(That MB was just picked at random).

\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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