Hi all,
I would like to ask the professionals here. How better to set up the entire NAS. I want to use it primarily as a classic storage server for data and DLNA server + NextCloud in Container Station. And then I want to have 2-5 active Virtual Machine stations for office work..
QNAP 1677U and 1680U =I only have this as a backup device, QTS firmware latest 5.0.1.2173.
And what's better:
1) perform the first initialization only with NVME and install the virtual station only on SSD NVME disks in raid0 - correction: NO RAID0 but RAID1, and then add a RAID5/6 disk array... with classic hard disks.
2) do the initialization exclusively with hard disks in raid5/6, where the system is saved and QNAP creates 5 disk partitions, and then add SSD NVME disks in raid0 where they will then be stored all virtual PCs on SSD.
3) SSD cache, is it suitable in this case? If I use virtualization, but the main image files of the VM will be stored on the NVME SSD? Or is it useless?
4) And the last question is. When I have created a virtual PC, and I want to move large data (video files) between the virtual PC and between the disk in the NAS, is there any way to map a folder (that I choose in advance) to the Virtual PC in which I will store large files, so that I don't have to move it via LAN inside the NAS?
Thank you very much.
I would like to ask the professionals here. How better to set up the entire NAS. I want to use it primarily as a classic storage server for data and DLNA server + NextCloud in Container Station. And then I want to have 2-5 active Virtual Machine stations for office work..
QNAP 1677U and 1680U =I only have this as a backup device, QTS firmware latest 5.0.1.2173.
And what's better:
1) perform the first initialization only with NVME and install the virtual station only on SSD NVME disks in raid0 - correction: NO RAID0 but RAID1, and then add a RAID5/6 disk array... with classic hard disks.
2) do the initialization exclusively with hard disks in raid5/6, where the system is saved and QNAP creates 5 disk partitions, and then add SSD NVME disks in raid0 where they will then be stored all virtual PCs on SSD.
3) SSD cache, is it suitable in this case? If I use virtualization, but the main image files of the VM will be stored on the NVME SSD? Or is it useless?
4) And the last question is. When I have created a virtual PC, and I want to move large data (video files) between the virtual PC and between the disk in the NAS, is there any way to map a folder (that I choose in advance) to the Virtual PC in which I will store large files, so that I don't have to move it via LAN inside the NAS?
Thank you very much.