Vmware vs FreeNAS vs Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini
Hi
I have installed a small VMware ESX Lab in home.
I have a VMware Desktop with:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
3Gb Memory
Hard Disk IDE 60Gb
This is my VMware ESX Server. The Vmware is installed and working. I have another desktop with Virtual Center installed. All is ok.
But my problem is that i do not have SCSI Discs(only IDE and SATA), or a Storage to hold the VMs. I have a Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini 500Gb that i want to use for this. But i know that this Lacie does not support NFS only SMB, AFP, HTTP, FTP, UPnP. So to bypass this, i have installed another server with the FreeNAS v0.686, that i can use for this.
Questions:
So can i create a shared storage in the FreeNAS using my Lacie, and add on my ESX to hold de VMs? If so, how?
Can i enable ISCSI on the FreeNAS and then i can use on the ESX? If so, how?
This is i think what i can have to use the hardware that i have. But can i use the hardware that i have to work another solution? If yes, please can anyone explain how?
Has anyone used a solution like this? Or similar?
Thank for the help
Jail
I have installed a small VMware ESX Lab in home.
I have a VMware Desktop with:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
3Gb Memory
Hard Disk IDE 60Gb
This is my VMware ESX Server. The Vmware is installed and working. I have another desktop with Virtual Center installed. All is ok.
But my problem is that i do not have SCSI Discs(only IDE and SATA), or a Storage to hold the VMs. I have a Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini 500Gb that i want to use for this. But i know that this Lacie does not support NFS only SMB, AFP, HTTP, FTP, UPnP. So to bypass this, i have installed another server with the FreeNAS v0.686, that i can use for this.
Questions:
So can i create a shared storage in the FreeNAS using my Lacie, and add on my ESX to hold de VMs? If so, how?
Can i enable ISCSI on the FreeNAS and then i can use on the ESX? If so, how?
This is i think what i can have to use the hardware that i have. But can i use the hardware that i have to work another solution? If yes, please can anyone explain how?
Has anyone used a solution like this? Or similar?
Thank for the help
Jail
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I'm afraid the LaCie can't be used with VMware ESX.
Even if you'd be able to mount an SMB share on your FreeNAS and re-export it as NFS (don't know if this is even possible), performance would be really bad.
Doesn't your FreeNas server have (sufficient) internal storage ?
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Hi
My FreeNAS is a VM, that is in other VMware Workstation . No only 40Gb, and with this i cannot work
That solution you provide i think is not possible.
But looking at that solution, i think i can transfer my FreeNAS VM to my Lacie, and then create a new Hard Disk with 300Gb then i can create the NSF in the FreeNAS
I do not no the performance on this(but this only a VMware tests environment) i think i will try
Jail
My FreeNAS is a VM, that is in other VMware Workstation . No only 40Gb, and with this i cannot work
That solution you provide i think is not possible.
But looking at that solution, i think i can transfer my FreeNAS VM to my Lacie, and then create a new Hard Disk with 300Gb then i can create the NSF in the FreeNAS
I do not no the performance on this(but this only a VMware tests environment) i think i will try
Jail
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Thank you for the reply
But like i said, the Lacie does not support NFS Share, that is my problem.
To create the NFS i need to use my Lacie
Jail