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January 4th, 2020 16:00
Dell poweredge T610 storage configuration
Hello,
I am looking to get a dell poweredge T610 to use as a way to replace some old computers i had that were running some tasks for me. The things i want to be able to do with this server are run a few game servers ( minecraft, rust and ark ) along with running a few virtual machines of windows 95 98 and XP ( i want to be able to use these VMs so i can get rid of my old towers that are currently running these operating systems but do not want them on my main PC ) and then along side those i wanted to run a NAS on this server.
Things i feel should be noted before continuing are that i will be putting two intel Xeon X5690's in the sockets along with eventually maxing out the ram to 192 gigs and i am wanting 8 3TB hard drives so i will be getting the h700 raid controller to handle those disks.
After all is set up to handle the 3 TB disks i want to run this server so that there are two 3 TB drives in raid 1 for the game servers then have a second set of two 3 TB drives also in raid 1 for my VMs then use the other four 3 TB disks running in raid 5 for my NAS.
My main questions are will i be able to run the 8 hard drives the way i specified above with using the poweredge T610 and if this is able to be done it looked like there was a blue sata port inside the actual tower on the mother board for the server can that port be used for a samsung SSD to run as a boot drive for the Servers operating system so that i dont have to put it on the hot swap-able hard drives.
im sorry if these seem like stupid questions if you have made it through all of this thank you for reading and i look forward to your replies
~ Zach Ross
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January 5th, 2020 21:00
Hi Zach,
Based on your usage description, it would be a home use server?
I am unsure if you're to install any GPU into the server, but I have to mention is that PowerEdge T610 has limited support on graphics card, and it's mostly based on trial and error by users to install them into the server. Some could get it to work, some couldn't. I do not have any list for T610.
If you were to install Xeon X5600 series, make sure that the server's firmware, BIOS and iDRAC are up to date before you install the processor.
There is no option to use both the onboard SATA and the RAID card H700 to run simultaneously. You can only select 1 from the BIOS.
Last I would like to mention are the memory and drives, they must be enterprise product in order for the server to run without any issue. To support 196GB of memory, it must be RDIMM.
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January 6th, 2020 21:00
Did you tack this onto an existing thread? Probably deserves its own ...
What OS will you run as the host OS?
What in the world are you running on those old OS's? Note that there may be hardware-specific/driver issues with those OS's in a virtual environment, depending on what you are running on them and which host OS you are running. They are NOT as forgiving on hardware as Windows has become as it has progressed through the years.
Yes, the H700 will easily run your 3TB disks as you described. Just some sidenotes:
Desktop/laptop and NAS drives lack the programming needed to run reliably on a hardware RAID controller. You can try your luck with what you have, but just know that not using certified drives comes with the risk that the drives will not work well or at all. NAS drives are a particularly bad fit for a hardware RAID controller - they are designed for NAS devices, not servers with enterprise-level storage controller. NAS is a specific storage type, not a server role, so use NAS drives in NAS devices, server drives in servers (even if the server is pretending to be a NAS (FreeNAS, etc.)).
Implementation of hardware RAID vs software RAID (used in "real" NAS's) differs significantly. RAID 5 is generally considered obsolete in the storage industry. Hardware RAID 5 should not be used with HDD larger than 1TB.
With a SAS HBA you could pass the drives through to the OS and manage at the software level (FreeNAS, Storage Spaces, etc.) and be *somewhat* drive-type independent, but you'd lose the write-caching ability of the controller (if it can switch between RAID/non-RAID).