Virtualisation vs Freenas vs Linux server

[XDroidie626]

Hi all

so I am rebuilding my entire setup from the ground up with a emphasis on backups via the network

So I have a x220 (i5 8gb ram 500gb ssd modified bios) and I am undecided on which setup to use on this pc

i could use virtualisation (unsure which software yet) and run multiple servers to better utilise the cores. I could use Freenas for pure storage and I could use Linux for storage with stronger security (grsec etc)

 

What would you suggest for this setup?

 

thanks 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id use linux with kvm. If you want a web gui look at ovirt or proxmox.

 

There is no reason to use freeNAS.  Just install samba and make a file share on the base hardware.

[XDroidie626]

20 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id use linux with kvm. If you want a web gui look at ovirt or proxmox.

 

There is no reason to use freeNAS.  Just install samba and make a file share on the base hardware.

This is what I was thinking, I was going to virtualise the samba system though

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, XDroidie626 said:

This is what I was thinking, I was going to virtualise the samba system though

I personally wouldn't. But with a single drive your fine

 

You have to make another large image, witch will be slower, but you can.

[XDroidie626]

46 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I personally wouldn't. But with a single drive your fine

 

You have to make another large image, witch will be slower, but you can.

Well the only other option is to enable samba on the ovirt server (I understand it installs on top of a distro)

would you recommend fedora or centos for this job?

[XDroidie626]

In addition if I was to have a routing system on this would virtualisation work for that also? Just pass all traffic via physical ports? I'm thinking of adding a express Ethernet card

[Electronics Wizardy]

31 minutes ago, XDroidie626 said:

Well the only other option is to enable samba on the ovirt server (I understand it installs on top of a distro)

would you recommend fedora or centos for this job?

Centos tends to work better with ovirt. 

 

I normally configure samba over ssh on the bare metal.

[Electronics Wizardy]

27 minutes ago, XDroidie626 said:

In addition if I was to have a routing system on this would virtualisation work for that also? Just pass all traffic via physical ports? I'm thinking of adding a express Ethernet card

That should work fiine depending on exactly what your doing and what hardware do you have(vt-d)

[gexacor]

I'll use such a setup with Debian and KVM.

It's personal though, so I can't suggest what will be better for you.