Does it support iSCSI and can it be used as a storage target for VMware?
83154
Yes for iSCSI. Sort of for VMware. It is not on the HCL, and it isn't high performance. I use these to backup ESX, and for lab use of ESX.
83155
Sorry I don't have an answer for the question but I can tell you the user software is a bit tedious, passwords are commonly over ridden, the rights as to how the user can use the drive is very tedious. Hopefully they upgrade the GUI which is accessed through explorer, you have to grant rights in order to use the drive the way you would like, just wish they had a better GUI.
83156
Yes this supports iSCSI block access.You can definitely use this for VMWare storage - however I do not recommend this as an enterprise solution - strictly consumer. It may be EMC2 but still consumer based. I do however place my VMware Workstation Virtual Disks on here as I have 2x 1TB SSDs.
2035244
Yes it support Solid State Drives (SSD), the 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 and Crucial M5 have the best prices right now (around $0.66 per GB)
954895
Thanks for the info. I have VMware Fusion but just afraid to go the windows way!I read that once installed it will be vulnerable like PC and have to install all the anti-virus, spywar etc..What's ur experience like?Thanks
826774
I dont think thats a good idea. Processor isnt that much. But i read some forums that they got it working with esxi. Running 2 instances of linux.
1855631
Yes. I run the Linux version of Plex Media Server on this MicroServer as a Linux Virtual Machine under VMware ESXi 5.5. You should definitely max the memory out at 16GB.
212866
YES!!! I have one connected up successfully with a HASP Key loading the software up in a VMs on Hyper-V and it should work in other virtualized environments. I'm not saying it will work with all software that requires it but for mine (a restaurant POS software) it does. It can be a bit of trouble with the original software that came with it with reconnecting the device after a reboot but I downloaded an updated version and no issue since then.
1681090
Sorry; I would suspect that if it is possible after initial configuration, it would be considered proprietary. Contact Kingston.
1026746
This is an excellent choice for use with VMWare. I have these and the dual port versions in all of my ESXi hosts. I have no idea whether it's the least expensive in terms of purchase cost, but once you've spent hours searching to save a few dollars you'll have spent the savings in your time, and then some. This is a really cost effective and reliable solution.
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NO. Only if your system supports drive "sleep". The drive in the Vantec will perform the same as your internal drive(s) as far as the "sleep" function.
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I'm running these for iscsi each port at 9000mtu FreeNas to esxi iscsi for vmdk files :)
1920442
Very unlikely unless you have a SATA to mSATA adapter which can cause data integrity issues
219343
This has an ARM processor; the official pfSense distros are only available for x86. If you're good with a compiler, you could probably make it go - but that would be far more effort that I'd care to expend.
620375
I've run Hyper-V on this box, but I would not recommend. Limited RAM & CPU for much more than small biz server. But for a desktop for personal VMs, it's a good solid box. I upgraded the ram and added HD. You'll want to have your OS of choice on a bootable USB drive as there is no DVD drive in the base config.
754617
I have one of these set up with standard drives and am able to run two VMs at the same time easily. I assume that SSDs would make it a bit faster though.
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What's the chipset of the card? According to this page from VMware, your card may not be supported out-of-the-box on a clean install. Mine is 82571EB which is deprecated. Link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd;=displayKC&externalId;=2056935
503893
It is a standard drive, not solid state storage. Not sure of interface technology?
933957
I have a similar board running pfsense 2.1. Some features are not supported by freebsd but you won't likely need USB3 or fully featured video drivers. You'd probably want a second NIC though.