hello <br><br> at the moment our virtual server concept is based on several vmware esxi 4-servers (with small hardware sata raid-1), each connected via nfs/ 10 Gb cx4-links to storage-servers based on nexentastor2 or free nexenta3 + napp-it web-gui. Allthough this seems fine for mission critical systems , it's too expensive for test-systems at our university or for home systems. <br> <br>
i think, the perfect combination should be <br> - a server with xen4 or vmware esxi 4 as base system, running on a vti-d capable mainboard to have pci-passthrough to guests. <br> - virtualized nexenta or eon zfs storage-server and pci-passthrough to sas controller to held virtual images (distributed via vmware image) <br> - other virtualized server (windows or linux) for ex. our linux vdr - video server with pci-passthrough to pci-e sat tuner <br> <br> i have already made some tests, and it seems to be a promising concept. <br> after booting the esxi-server, i must start nexenta first and share the zfs storage with <br>other vm-images via nfs. other virtual systems, stored on nexenta could then be <br>started. <br> <br> i know, the ideal solution would be a zfs storage server with virtualization and pci-passthrough included, but i can't see this in near future on opensolaris/ nexenta. <br> <br> needed components: <br> -vti-d capaple mainboard (intel server-line with quadcore xeon) <br> -see also http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo <br> -at least 8 gb ecc-ram (i will always use ecc on a server) <br> -one or more sas controller (lsi 1068e is my current tip) <br><br> does anyone has also tested such a system or can give any hints or comments about running or not running hardware or software problems or things i should concern about. <br> <br> gea <br> www.napp-it.org <br> free nexenta zfs server with user editable web-gui -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ distribution-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/distribution-discuss
