02-16-2025, 07:35 PM
Added 128GB of SSD cache to a 4TB RAID-1 array on TS-x53D (NVMe > PCIe x4). This server as cache for my VMs secondary storage LUNs (iscsi @2.5Gb/s), for images and configuration files (NFS), and for syslogs and packet captures (SMB). I don't yet know if it's an improvement really.. but I am thinking further configuration is order. The SSD is runnning on its own RAID array (This might need to be reconsidered) and under cache acceleration with LUNs and shares under "cached storage". Set to Cache-Type: Read Write and Cache Mode: All I/O. Was this worth it?
I paid about $10.00 USD total for a no-name expansion card on ebay - which to my surprise actually worked! Was it worth it or am I wasting my time?? Cheers!
I paid about $10.00 USD total for a no-name expansion card on ebay - which to my surprise actually worked! Was it worth it or am I wasting my time?? Cheers!