jackslosi

For now it's just going to be a boot drive later to run some programs and maybe act as a cache for files before being written to slower but larger capacity hdds. I'm aware that with this cpu and motherboard I won't be able to take advantage of the speed but when I get the new parts at a later time it shouldn't be a problem. I'm looking to install the nvme right now just to not have to buy a different drive later when I get the upgrades.

I am planning on building a new secondary system and was hoping to temporarily use some old parts I have laying around until I can get newer. I'd like to use an m.2 ssd that I have now as a boot drive in the final system. Would either of my two current motherboards and cpu support this until I can get the new parts? The motherboards I have available are: Gigabyte ga-b75m-hd3 and Lenovo CIH61MI, the ssd would be WD BLACK SN750 NVMe 250GB, and I'd be using a pcie card to connect the ssd until I get the new board with the dedicated connector.

So if I use a container for the nas it'll run faster? Wouldn't that make the builds run faster too?

Well then, sorry for my ignorance but, why a container for the nas but a vm for the build server?

Ok so just everything has it's own vm? A vm for the nas, a vm for the build server, etc? Edit: Or a container if it can run on debian?

As I said I'm new to virtualization but wouldn't having the nas, build server, and anything else i need running separate be better? Prevent things from interacting when unwanted?

Ok thanks for all the help. I think I only have one more question. If I want a nas and a system to remotely build on with visual studio I'd use proxmox for the nas with a virtualized version of lets say ubuntu? I thought proxmox was only meant for the virtualization part and couldn't do anything like being a nas.

So if I'm understanding correctly even if I only use proxmox to virtualize let's say FreeNas I can't just create another vdev and stripe when using RaidZ1/2? Isn't that what Linus does for his 100TB? I've also heard that you can just swap out one drive at a time for larger capacity and have that work. Would that not work either with proxmox?

Would those be just as reliable as reds or other nas grade drives? I can sacrifice price/performance if they will be less likely to breakdown. I was originally looking at mirrors but my concern is the fact that I end up using only 50% of the capacity I purchased. Which would also be faster or Read/Write? What makes proxmox harder to upgrade?

I'm new to virtualization as I've only done it maybe once before, but would proxmox be a good choice for doing what I plan? I was looking at Wd Reds and right now on newegg the 8TB is just about twice the price as the 4TB. And I figured nas grade drives would be better for my use case as I will most likely have frequent reads from it. I was looking at this card: https://www.newegg.com/adaptec-8405-sata-sas/p/N82E16816103111 However I've been leaning much more towards using ZFS RaidZ1/2 for software raid after doing some research. And if I were to use RaidZ1/2 would it be better to plan to expand later via upgrading the capacity of the drives one by one as I've heard or by making a second set and striping data?

Both? I'm guessing by what you're saying it'll be minimal either way. And by VM do mean mean like virtual box or Proxmox. I haven't gotten them yet but by what I was seeing at the time of planning 4tb was more efficient for price to usable space (Raid 5). Edit planned on using hardware raid btw. Edit 2: By what I've been reading now if I use FreeNas or UnRaid a hardware based raid solution may not work. Is this true?

Sorry for lack of details. For Linux I plan on using gcc. On windows i believe I'm using msvc. But I was thinking about swapping over to clang. My current plan was to have 4 4TB hard drives. How much would a vm affect performance. It's going to be built using the old parts I have after my last upgrade. Most notably I'll have an i5-7600k and a motherboard to use from the old system.

I'm looking to use some older hardware of mine as a NAS but also as a server to compile c++ code for Linux and I'm not sure what OS to use. I've heard that freeNas is one of the best OS's for a home NAS. How ever by what I've been reading I can't use it to compile c++ code that will run on Linux, or at least not perfectly. In a perfect world I'd just have two servers but that's not currently an option. What is my best option for OS to act as both a NAS and a system for visual studio to remotely connect to.