Posts by Tempest_Inc

Quote:Originally Posted by herkalurk With a 2nd dns server i'm not worried about HDD space but extra ram and i/o, which are the top 2 bottlenecks of virtualization. I'll plan on two incase one acts up i'll have another to rely on...

Hello, I'm looking to add my own bootable utilities to my hard dive as a boot option. I'd like to take utilities like memetest and others that can be run from flash onto their own partition on the hard drive so that i can build them...

Also I don't want dhcp handled by either of these ill be having a DNS\DHCP server. Sent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2

I know its been a bit since this post went up but I was wondering if anyone could expand upon the comment above in regurd to Untangle LAN and pfSense WAN on the same subnet. I understand the terminology but I just can't get it to work...

Hello all, I'm dealing with a bit of an issue. I'm not full production yet but I'm looking at virturalizing multiple guest OSs but on my like in I'm looking to virt untangle on the incoming line from the modem and before pfSense. I don't...

Quote:Originally Posted by herkalurk VMware would work fine with the perc. Just download the latest esxi 5 free version (5.1 i believe) and install. I would install on a USB stick leaving the entire raid array for your VMs. Also,...

Bump ... any ideas anyone? Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk 2

I currently have an Abit IP35 Pro MB and a Q9550 with 8GB of ram that im looking to set up as a VM Host. i have a few questions.... I have a spare Dell Prec5/i that i would like to run a raid array on what hypervisors would work well...

Quote:Originally Posted by mcdanielvzw You need to stick with the same size drives, preferably with the same spindle count and vendor even. Mixing drives is going to give you mixed performance results because the drives will have...

Quote:Originally Posted by kyle5281 RAID 1 requires an even number of drives because its mirroring the data. I would highly suggest you read up on raid before using your Perc 5 to avoid issues. If you have 3 Hard Drives, your...