Hi,
My current All-in-One server box is running windows 7, but I'm not very satisfy with its management, so I'd like to split FileServer part from HomeTheatre/Games one.
My server box is composed of:
HFX Mini Server case
Llano ITX motherboard Gigabyte A75N-USB3
AMD APU A8-3820
1 SSD 128Go
4 HDDs 2To green
I'd like my server to offer these following features:
File Server
Schedule Parity disk (fiable, robust with checksum verification for avoiding silent data corruption)
Homegroup Laptop backups
DLNA Server
uTorrent and/or mldonkey server
couchpotato/Sickbeard
Plex Media Server (maybe)
FTP Server (maybe)
XBMC with GPU Hardware Acceleration
PowerDVD for bluray playback
Light Gaming
unRaid with be my FileServer and I'll use windows 7/8 for xbmc and gaming box.
For others servers (DLNA, utorrent, sickbeard, ftp) I have to define where they will best run. (unraid, windows or maybe a small linux?)
So let's go with my questions:
[*]Many of you seems to be interrested in ESXi virtualization, but are Llano APU compatibles with ESXi
[*]If I virtualize windows 7, will Video Hardware Acceleration (DXVA) work ? Same with Bluray Software Player?
[*]What about running windows natively, and unRaid as a virtualbox guest?
[*]What is the best: ESXi with unraid and windows virtualized, or native windows with unraid virtualized?
[*]Any performance or consumption significant penalities using virtualization?
[*]Does UnRaid supports "add-ins" and offers DLNA, FTP, Utorrent or other features ?
[*]If not, what is the best approach: add a linux virtual machine providing these services?
Any help or advices are welcome.
thanks