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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/tercra on 2024-01-23 23:32:09+00:00.
I've seen many post regarding this topic (both on Reddit and other sites). I am relatively new to this, so I am just a bit confused about my options. My current setup:
- Dell R720
- RAID Controller: H710
- CPU (Processor): Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 (2.8GHz/10-Core/25MB/115W)
- 128 GB Memory
- 6 x 4 TB SAS Drives
- 2 x SAMSUNG 870 EVO SATA III 1 TB SSD
- 2 x Intel 160GB SSD DC S3500 6Gb/s 2.5INCH SATA SSD and FlexBay (not yet installed)
- LSI 9207-8i (IBM M5110) FLASHED TO IT MODE PCI-E SAS2308 ZFS (not yet installed)
My end goal is to run TrueNAS and existing/future VMs (PfSense, Cisco CML, Ubuntu, Window, Dockers, etc.) on the R7120.
The front bay drive backplane for the 2 1TB and 2 4TB SASs connect to the H710. I currently dont have the 160 Gb drives and FlexBay installed.
Is it possible to cable the frontbay backplane so that 2 1TB Gb SSDs and 2 SAS drives go to H710 for ESXi, while the other 4 4TB SAS drives AND the FlexBay drives connect to the LSI 9207-8i for TrueNAS?
Please pump the brakes for me if I am going about this the wrong way.
First question I'm asking myself is "Are you over complecating this?" Second is, "Should I run TruNAS as a VM on ESXi?"
Plase help.