Server OS

[rednecl_king]

What I want to do is this I have a server that has 12 gigs of ram and a quad core Xeon. I want to run PFsense, windows server. Plex. And freenas all on it at the same time. how do i do that 

[DiamondShark286]

4 minutes ago, rednecl_king said:

What I want to do is this I have a server that has 12 gigs of ram and a quad core Xeon. I want to run PFsense, windows server. Plex. And freenas all on it at the same time. how do i do that 

could you use like ubuntu server for a host and run vms for other stuff that doesn't run on ubuntu

[Sauron]

You can use virtualization. You may need to use pcie passthrough if you want to have a dedicated network card for pfsense. This can be done on any linux distribution if you know what you're doing, or more easily on a commercial solution like unraid. Alternatively you can use a hypervisor like xen, but xen is expensive.

[ProjectBox153]

You don't need Windows Server for that.

[rednecl_king]

5 minutes ago, Sauron said:

You can use virtualization. You may need to use pcie passthrough if you want to have a dedicated network card for pfsense. This can be done on any linux distribution if you know what you're doing, or more easily on a commercial solution like unraid. Alternatively you can use a hypervisor like xen, but xen is expensive.

What virtualization Os, like VMware, i dont know linux.

[Sauron]

Just now, rednecl_king said:

What virtualization Os, like VMware, i dont know linux.

As I said unraid is a commercial solution that makes this sort of thing a lot easier (with graphical setup etc) and you can find a few tutorials including some from LTT on youtube.

 

VMWare ESXi should also do the job if you prefer.

[LUUD18]

I suggest you learn linux. It is really good for servers because it doesnt have any GUI (this way you dont have to waste resources on rendering the GUI). Most of the servers run linux and there is a lot of guides on the internet for it. You can look on DigitalOcean they have great guides.

[Matt_98]

19 minutes ago, rednecl_king said:

What I want to do is this I have a server that has 12 gigs of ram and a quad core Xeon. I want to run PFsense, windows server. Plex. And freenas all on it at the same time. how do i do that 

 

unraid

[rednecl_king]

4 minutes ago, LUUD18 said:

 

I suggest you learn linux. It is really good for servers because it doesnt have any GUI.

 

I like the idea.A web GUI would be nice, i don't know where to learn linux though.

[rednecl_king]

3 minutes ago, Matt_98 said:

 

22 minutes ago, rednecl_king said:

What I want to do is this I have a server that has 12 gigs of ram and a quad core Xeon. I want to run PFsense, windows server. Plex. And freenas all on it at the same time. how do i do that 

 

unraid

 

I don't have $129 USD At the moment I just dropped everything I had saved up on the server itself.

[unijab]

Proxmox or even oVirt.

[PenPoint]

27 minutes ago, Sauron said:

VMWare ESXi should also do the job if you prefer.

I agree with this.

[rednecl_king]

31 minutes ago, Sauron said:

VMWare ESXi should also do the job if you prefer.

I just registered for it and it's giving me the download and the key well let me download I keep clicking the button doesn't do anything.

[Sauron]

Just now, rednecl_king said:

I just registered for it and it's giving me the download and the key well let me download I keep clicking the button doesn't do anything.

I can't help you with that unfortunately, you should contact vmware support if you have problems with their products and website.

[Matt_98]

23 minutes ago, rednecl_king said:

I don't have $129 USD At the moment I just dropped everything I had saved up on the server itself.

you can try for 30 days and the basic is only $49

[rednecl_king]

 

3 minutes ago, Matt_98 said:

you can try for 30 days and the basic is only $49

 Up to 6 attached devices  I have more than 6. And its $59

 

[Matt_98]

Just now, rednecl_king said:

 

 Up to 6 attached devices  I have more than 6.

 

 

you can still try it though

[rednecl_king]

3 minutes ago, Matt_98 said:

you can still try it though

I will try it. But I would prefer if the VMware because I have VMware workstation on my main rig So I can just log into the server and use whatever i think.

[Matt_98]

Just now, rednecl_king said:

I will try it. But I would prefer if the VMware because I have VMware workstation on my main rig So I can just log into the server and use whatever i think.

I have never used vm ware so IDK how it would do with pfsense, what are you using pfsense for?

[rednecl_king]

Just as the main router. I had one before but it died. I Was going to use it for VPN through so I could go outside the network still use my networks shares.

[rednecl_king]

7 minutes ago, Matt_98 said:

I have never used vm ware so IDK how it would do with pfsense, what are you using pfsense for?

Just as the main router. I had one before but it died. I Was going to use it for VPN so I could go outside the network still use my networks shares.

[Matt_98]

1 minute ago, rednecl_king said:

Just as the main router. I had one before but it died. I Was going to use it for VPN through so I could go outside the network still use my networks shares.

 

well i havent a clue how pcie passthrough works with it boot have a go, see how far you get (btw freenas doesn't like being virtulized)

[rednecl_king]

2 minutes ago, Matt_98 said:

(btw freenas doesn't like being virtulized)

I was playing around with freenas in VirtualBox And it worked fine.