Have you done any speed tests yet with the Areca array?

 

VM Boot times would be more interesting to me than copy speeds from UnRAID (which I'd think would be limited by the single disk that was "feeding" the copy than by the Areca write speeds).

 

I am planning on doing some tests on this, I just need to find the time to do it.

 

By the way, FWIW I've read that the C2SBC-Q will support 16GB of RAM (4 4GB modules), although I do NOT have this board and thus can't confirm it.  I do know that many SuperMicro boards will support higher density modules than their very conservative specifications indicate.  [i have 8GB in an X7SPA-H-D525-O that claims a 4GB max]

 

Since you've already got a couple 4GB modules installed, I'd say it's very likely it will work with 4 of them 

Yeah, I had a feeling it likely wood.  DDR2 4GB sticks are kind of expensive now that DDR3 is the most prevalent.  I don't feel like spending the money to get to 16GB so I am sitting tight at 12GB on this board.

How many disks do you have on the Areca controller? What is the total capacity for VMs?

 

How many disks do you have on the Areca controller? What is the total capacity for VMs?

I have 3 1TB Seagate drives on the Areca card right now.  I don't see that changing to much unless I can get the ESXi server updated past the 4.1 version it is on now.  I set it up as a single RAID5 volume and can only use 2TB of it because of the limitation in the version of ESXi that I am running.  Plus I am using the top row in the 4220 case for those 4 drives.

I don't see that changing to much unless I can get the ESXi server updated past the 4.1 version it is on now. 

 

Does ESXi v5.1 not boot on this system?    Interestingly enough, the Core 2's aren't listed on any of the ESXi compatibility lists that I can find -- seems you need a Xeon to meet all of their requirements.  I suspect that's your problem if ESXi v5 won't boot.

 

I don't see that changing to much unless I can get the ESXi server updated past the 4.1 version it is on now. 

 

Does ESXi v5.1 not boot on this system?    Interestingly enough, the Core 2's aren't listed on any of the ESXi compatibility lists that I can find -- seems you need a Xeon to meet all of their requirements.  I suspect that's your problem if ESXi v5 won't boot.

I get a no booting with a stock ESXi 5.1 burned to a DVD.  I had not looked into it much honestly and thought I might if the urge ever struck me to.

Well, Andromeda's upgrades are mostly completed.  I have been doing it piece by piece as time allowed, plus I was not allowed to take the server down for long or the room mates get cranky.  I still have some drives to swap in/out but other than that most of the work is done.

 

 

I will update the first post with all the new stuff later tonight.  I also have pictures this time around.

I don't see that changing to much unless I can get the ESXi server updated past the 4.1 version it is on now. 

 

Does ESXi v5.1 not boot on this system?    Interestingly enough, the Core 2's aren't listed on any of the ESXi compatibility lists that I can find -- seems you need a Xeon to meet all of their requirements.  I suspect that's your problem if ESXi v5 won't boot.

 

Yes, reply to old post, but I only recently did this install. I have ESXi 5.1U1 running on a Core2.

 

I don't see that changing to much unless I can get the ESXi server updated past the 4.1 version it is on now. 

 

Does ESXi v5.1 not boot on this system?    Interestingly enough, the Core 2's aren't listed on any of the ESXi compatibility lists that I can find -- seems you need a Xeon to meet all of their requirements.  I suspect that's your problem if ESXi v5 won't boot.

 

Yes, reply to old post, but I only recently did this install. I have ESXi 5.1U1 running on a Core2.

What motherboard are you using?

I had ESXi 4.1u1 and 5.0 running on an X7SBE (Q9550s) with V2.0 bios.  unRAID VM had no problems but Windows 7 64 bit VM would crash every 2+ weeks.  Could be because I was passing tuners through to the Windows VM and RDM'd drives.  The PCI-X slots had 3 AOC-SAT2-MV8 cards passed through to the unRAID VM.  Ultimately I ditched the X7SBE (LGA775) and went with LGA1155 based X9SCM and Tyan S5512GM2NR.

 

Edit got to thinking:  It may have been 32 Bit Windows install since I had to keep it under 4GB to give my unRAID VM 2GB.  I was limited to 5.9 GB of memory out of 8GB when using pass through(VT-d).

I don't see that changing to much unless I can get the ESXi server updated past the 4.1 version it is on now. 

 

Does ESXi v5.1 not boot on this system?    Interestingly enough, the Core 2's aren't listed on any of the ESXi compatibility lists that I can find -- seems you need a Xeon to meet all of their requirements.  I suspect that's your problem if ESXi v5 won't boot.

 

Yes, reply to old post, but I only recently did this install. I have ESXi 5.1U1 running on a Core2.

What motherboard are you using?

 

Just some junk, Gateway DX4710-05. I suspect you want the chipset, which G33.

Thanks for the info C3.

 

 

The first post has been updated with the current pieces and parts since the upgrade.  Took a while, and it is not quite done, but the rest is just a matter of replacing drives.