Nov 02, 2017 homeserver esxi on hpe proliant microserver gen10. So all was great and i was using each single drive as a datastore but today a drive died meaning i lost everything on it. Windows server and a linux server as vms with their own hardware possible with esxi. Its a common scenario to use software raid on linux virtual machines in azure to present multiple attached data disks as a single raid device. Then, again, you stick your big disks in the n40l, etc. Rather than using a hardware raid that if the raid card failed, he would. Thats a good point, that wuold be a fake reporting of. Hp microserver esxi raid questions solutions experts exchange. I would recommend using a cheapo 16gb usb drive set boot priority to prefer this over the hardware raid card so that esxi boots to load esxi onto, which will give you your option of going raid 10 3 stripes with all the ssds for some performance testing if thats what you desire. Well no software raid is not as good as hardware raid. Performance tests using a rocket raid 2720 in a hp proliant n40l microserver p410 wvr. I played with esxi on n36l shortly but because 1 you can not passthrough a hardware controller to a vm and 2 cpu is incredibly weak for any practical application, it makes little sense to run esxi on a microserver other than for testing and experimenting.
Stick an extra drive in the n40l s optical bay or even something like an icy dock mb994sp4sb1 and put a drive or drives in as local esxi vm storage. The dell perc h310 is a popular option for home users, it uses the lsi 92408i chip which can be used for passthrough to a vm or as a raid controller raid 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 for the host. Youre better off using software raid or fitting an hp smart array p410 controller into the server for proper hardware raid. Verify that this utility has been tested with the raid card you have chosen to use by checking the drivers web page for your controller. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread page 23 avforums. My plan is to boot up esxi on a usb drive, run the 2 vms by adding a hd where the cdrom sits, then use 2 of the swappable slots for windows storage and 2 slots of linux storage. There is 3x 300gb sas drives and 2x 146gb sas drives. For an esxi host with 8gb mem assume that youll comfortably run about 56 average vms. Windows software raid supports only raid 0, 1 and jbod. Now i want to setup the esxi using raid but not a hardware controller. Should i create a separate raid1 for esxi and raid10 for vms, or just go for one big raid10 for everything. Jan 14, 20 homelab on hp microserver n40l by artur krzywdzinski january 14, 20 thanks to one of my blog readers, keinopaul from nyc, i have an opportunity to share with you tested hardware configuration for vmware vsphere 5. With this approach, you do not need to replace the cluster member.
Also curious to hear more on how raid is configured for esxi with this hardware. Any esxi users here info on hardware passthru for windows vms. Raid mangement of hpe proliant microserver gen10 hewlett. Rather than using a hardware raid that if the raid card failed, he would have to get the same card.
Stick an extra drive in the n40ls optical bay or even something like an icy dock mb994sp4sb1 and put a drive or drives in as local esxi vm storage. If yes, during reboot, the raid controller will prompt you a key combination to login to the controller and check the disks and raid setup. Dose hpe proliant microserver gen10 have smart array s100i software raid. Intel and lsi raid cards provide tools for raid system monitoring and configuration. Hello, i was able to get my n40l to recognize 18gb of the following ram not on the current list. For those of us running home labs this small form factor is highly beneficial especially when combined with the low power consumption and noise generated by the server. Instead, you add the new raid as an extent to your hosts local vmfs datastore. Microserver hardware links microserver n54l, n40l, etc reset. You can find more information about vmsc eol in this kb article vmsc solution listing under pvsp can be found on our partner verified and supported products listing. So im gonna have to use one of the hdds or raid volumes to install the baremetal. Its optimized for running on a nas server with all of the features you often need in a nas device.
My questions at this point concern whether to use esx or esxi, what those differences are, and if i need to purchase a hardware raid card for the machine to present the arrays to the hypervisor. Server 2008 pdc, vcenter server and 4 linux boxes on one host. Got my hp n40l on friday been setting up omv over the weekend and have to say it is a really good distro, the hp hardware for the price is fantastic as well. Because of its low price point and rather high potential, ive seen a lot of interest for this particular box floating around the interwebs when it relates to both home lab and vcapdca studies. Esxi but then limited to 2tb partitions server 2008 hyperv whs 2011 and running vm software for vms only be 1 0r 2 also need to decide what hard drives to run and if to use the hardware raid or go software raid 1. Ubuntu isnt wellsuited to vendorspecific hardware support probably the vendors fault, but it is what it is. Dr so the story goes that esxi does not support anything but hardware raid hbas. Raid monitoring and configuration with an intel or lsi raid card.
Hey all im looking to upgrade my n40l n54l to esxi 6. Id hoped to pick up an older refurbished hp proliant server for the host server. On the first page is driver source code and a hp pdf. Apr 18, 2012 esxi esxi hp microserver n40l performance. Oct 12, 20 raid monitoring and configuration with an intel or lsi raid card. You can then expand the vsa cluster after it detects additional storage capacity. He has a supermicro board, but it only has intels matrix raid. So all was great and i was using each single drive as a datastore but today a drive died meaning i lost everything on it and there was loads. Hp microserver gen8 servers has 2x8tb wd red disks in raid1, and gave me. Homelab on hp microserver n40l nutanix ahv artur krzywdzinski. Based on these test results you might consider buying some cheaper sata ports and stripe two software raid 6 arrays instead of buying a hardware raid card with the same budget. I cannot see other things as temperatus etc either. When you install additional physical disks on esxi hosts, you can create an independent raid set with these disks. This issue has been solved hi there, first off, heres the setup.
I had issues as well on my hp microserver gen8 and a quick check showed me. Hp microserver gen 8 im test 4bay nas im gunstigen. Hp microserver esxi raid questions solutions experts. The server does only have a softwarebased raid controller which will not. Orellana on errorenous oracle instantclient rpm provides under enterprise linux. There are various cli and gui tools which can be used when an operating system is running, as well as raid bios tools which can only be used when the operating system is not running the most useful gui tool is the intel raid web console 2. How to install ubuntu server on hp proliant microserver gen8. Aug 27, 2012 esxi never becomes dependent on your freenas vm that way. So i have two n40l with patriot old stock going good. Turns out that for some reason the hpvsa driver for esxi has some issues. Configuring raid1 on hp proliant microserver n54l ubuntu 14. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread part 4 page 9. Xpenology is a bootloader for synologys operating system which is called dsm disk station manager and is what they use on their nas devices.
By ben martin in testing both software and hardware raid performance i employed six 750gb samsung sata drives in three raid configurations 5, 6, and 10. Dsm is running on a custom linux version developed by synology. For those of us running home labs this small form factor is highly beneficial especially when combined with the low. Guido orellana on errorenous oracle instantclient rpm provides under enterprise linux. I have a p410 hw raid card with a raid1 array for vm, as well as a raid5 array, that i passthough directly to a file. Installed esxi and desperately was looking for raid settings and. I have read in a few places that vmware doesnt correctly see the disks. Vmware esxi still doesnt support software raid so the hp p400 controller is used. He has an i3 that doesnt support vtd, so that rules out software raid or zfs. What os for hpe proliant microserver gen10 linuxunix neowin. Sammelthread hp proliant n36ln40ln54l microserver seite. Which settings at the hp software are necessary to make a bootable ubuntuserver on hp proliant microserver gen8 with 1 hard disk drive 1 of 4 slots. Jul 15, 2008 aside from the benchmarks, the hardware raid card also supports hotplug replacement, mitigating downtime to swap out dead drives.
Esxi on hp proliant microserver n54l with no extra pcie cards comparison of. What attracted me to the hp microserver initially was the form factor. There are various cli and gui tools which can be used when an operating system is running, as well as raid bios tools which can only be used when the operating system is not running. Because is more for testing the esxi and the omv3 will be used for nextcloud and for some share folders, i think it makes no sense at all to create a raid and lose the 1tb hdd.
All redundancy and such is handled by vmwares vsan, and vmware seems to advise against hardware raid, as that just causes more loss of space. Since were starting from scratch, i would like to use the latest vsphere hypervisor, v6. How to install vsphere esxi on a bare metal server altaro. Samba is a linux suite that brings the smbcifs protocols to linux. Looking at either the seagate greens or the hitachi 2 x2tb deskstar coolspin drives any advice appreciated. If you have no real need for a hardware raid solution, then why waste the money to do so. Oct 24, 2010 conclusion running vmware vsphere on an hp microserver. Hi, i have just installed a new dell poweredge r640 with vmware esxi 6. How to enable raid monitoring and configuration under esxi 5. Specifically, the intel rste for server boards type software raid kind of raid. I can get an esxi image for my server from hp including the raid driver. Shop raid controller cards from adaptec, avago, syba, highpoint and more. Nov 19, 2014 couldnt he boot esxi from a usb, get a separate sata card for booting oss, then passing through his on board sata controller so he has all drives available in the os, then using something like snapraid for redundancy.
Esxi never becomes dependent on your freenas vm that way. Although for some reason in the back of my mind, i thought it had an lsi hardware raid controller. Power on the hp proliant microserver, when prompted, hit the f10 key to enter the rombased setup utility rbsu goto the advanced tab and then choose ide configuration hit enter highlight the sata controller mode selection and hit enter choose raid from the dropdown list hit f10 to save the settings and exit. Looking for metro storage cluster vmsc solutions listed under pvsp. Vmware esxi still doesn t support software raid so the hp p400 controller is used. First, change the operating mode of the embedded sata controller to raid in rbsu and second, use the amd raid option rom utility to configure the raid logical disks. On my microserver gen8 i get the full speed when testing, but on my n40l i only get between 80110mb. Raid mangement of hpe proliant microserver gen10 1. Yes i know that i will have to use the hardware raid controller from the hp microserver gen8. On the n40l ive run esxi 4 and 5 from a 1gb usb key and also a 2.
Not the actual name of the protocol used in windows. How to enable raid monitoring and configuration under esxi. Im considering looking for a good inexpensive hardware raid option for his esxi server. According to the hp website the ml150g6 is compatible with rhel 5 upon which centos is based. Wie sichert ihr eure nas system wenn ihr vmware einsetzt. This is bad if you have data on the raid drives already. Nov 11, 2012 the first 2tb raid would be everything, then as i expand into a 2nd 2tb raid 1, the first would be personal files and the second would be all my work related files i like the worklife balance idea hoever, i read the raid controller is fake raid, so if i want raid 1 out the box i cannot use esxi unless i buy a hardware controller. Software raid can be just as reliable as hardware raid. How to configure raid 1 on a hp microserver youtube. I have a p410 hw raid card with a raid1 array for vm, as well as a raid5 array, that i passthough directly to a file server vm. To know about the raid, do you use a hardware raid contoller i your machine. So the partners that produce such devices do not need to develop esxi drivers from scratch. N54l n40l updated nic drivers to support vmq broadcom 62015 new bios. Esxi hp microserver n40l performance hardware hangout.
Benutzer aber einen softwareraid unter windows, linux oder freebsd benutzen. The hp proliant n54l server you have has binary drivers for the storage array that are only available for windows and red hat. Find answers to hp microserver esxi raid questions from the expert. Jul 25, 2011 hi kenneth, imho the hp microserver is a pretty good lab solution for either an esxi host or for a shared storage appliance assume youll have to use software based raid from the underlying os as the onboard raid controller isnt a 100% hardware based raid solution. Check hardware compatibility, create an esxi bootable image and. Hardware is an older ibm x3650 with an ibm serveraid 8k hardware controller. Esxi raid rste and supermicro x10sdv8ctln4f raid support. Centos installer doesnt detect the sata raid array. Software raid, ubuntu, hp microserver linuxunix neowin. Dazu laufen 8 x 3 tb wd red in dem, plus ein raid controller. I am now trying to add a datastore to the 2nd raid disk but it will not show in vmware at all.
Hp proliant microserver how to enable sata raid and. Thanks to one of my blog readers, keinopaul from nyc, i have an opportunity to share with you tested hardware configuration for vmware vsphere 5. Raid array not detected new hp ml150g6 server solved. The hp proliant n54l server you have has binary drivers for the storage array that are only available for windows and red hat see. Esxi has a limited range of hardware support compared to linux or. Unraid os allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive datausers to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of. Open an ssh session to your esxi server installation and log on as root. Unraid os allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive datausers to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of hardware. Hardware raid cards poll the drive every 5 seconds i believe, the green drives have a head park time of 8 seconds meaning the hardware raid.
The process is straight forward unlike other methods that involve diskpart or linux. Im afraid ill run with faulty disks without knowing and am in search for some way to see the raid health from esxi linux. Amd provides the embedded sata raid feature, this feature enables raid functionality raid 0 and raid 1. I ran the benchmarks using various chunk sizes to see if that had an effect on either hardware or. Het grote hp proliant microserver topic opslagtechnologie got. Hi, i am looking to run a windows file server and a linux file server on n40l. The raid controller in this particular microserver is a.
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