guru.gti

I like the suggestion of using the SSD as cache , can one SSD be used for caching purpose for multiple SATA disks. Let me know if you there is any blog or link that can help me with this .... I would also like to know if I can benchmark disk performance in this setup.

Agreed that it's not a vital setup but it takes a lot of time to create it. It's almost like making an aquarium and the fishes die if not taken care off. I got the dual boot coz somethings just can't be done on linux. I am relatively new to Linux hence it gives me the opportunity to learn simple linux tasks as well as have some fun on Windows.

Using Workstation keeps a lot of stuff streamlined (Believe me just installing ESXi on one host is going to be a nightmare , the setup will become much more complicated and I will miss out on the occasional fun of playing some games), Using Hyper-V seems like a good idea here and will revive some old Memories of working with MS. I might give it a try when I build another system. I have always believed that software RAID is a bit slow when compared with hardware RAID. I might be mistaken as technology changes everyday. Let me know your thoughts on it. Lastly Using KVM won't be of much advantage as very few Corporates are using Red Hat's solutions for virtualization. One would spend a lot of time learning the stuff , just to find that no one else uses it.

The System boots off a Samsung evo 850. I need the speed of RAID 0 not the storage space at a lower cost. Not sure if people use RAID 0 to double storage ? Its a two TB RAID 0 and I am planning to add one or two of them this weekend before it comes alive on the Ubuntu.

I am planning to use VMware workstation for a small home lab. The idea was to have a RAID 0 (stripe) for datastore. I have managed to do a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu. The windows install has detected the RAID after a lot of struggle (found the drivers from the AMD webpage) : https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/b350 The other thing that helped to run the RAID drive on windows was the RAID drivers floppy that is available on Asrock webpage: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350 Pro4/#Download System specs: 1) Asrock Ab350 pro 2) Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS 3) 64 gb ram 4) AMD 2700X Now I am stuck with the Ubuntu OS , it is not detecting the RAID and there are no driver links available on AMD or ASrock. Let me know if anyone has managed to get this working ??? Update: I found the Linux drivers , AMD just updated their website. I have a Microsoft background and now struggling with the driver installation bit. Anyone familiar with driver installation on Ubuntu ??? https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/b350 ====================================================================================================================== Reason: I need the RAID 0 for VMFS datastore and VM disks are going to be hosted on them. The products that I am planning to use are: 1) ESXi 2) vCenter with HA 3) vRA 4) Horizon view 5) A few test VMs These machines are for a test Lab. I work a lot with VMware products. Last but not the least I will be doing a backup twice a month. Will be using Veeam Backup for the VMs. Guru