New OMV user here!
Introduction:
I have been using Plex for 10+ years on Linux and Windows server hosts.
Recently my 12TB Windows 10 "server" filled up, dropped a drive out of the RAID 5 on an LSI 9260-8i AND had a Windows melt down!
I just brought up a OMV server with 4 - NOB (New Open Box) 12TB Hitachi drives on a LSI 9361-8i in RAID 5. CacheVault came on the 9361 but a battery is still in the mail.
I wasted some money along the way:
1) Thought 12Gb/s Hitachi drives would work with spare LSI 9260 controller (6Gb/s)
2) Bought a used LSI 9440-8i only to discover it is only a HBA and not really a RAID card.
3) Bought a couple Startech 5 bay hot swap SAS cages... Found out full height drive don't fit!
4) Bought a second Startech "TRAYLESS" 5 bay SAS cage to match my previous cage that I used for the Windows Plex host.
5) LSI 9631-8i uses a different cable connectors than LSI 9260-8i.
But I now have a functioning OMV server / Plex server that I am very impressed with! I know I could have used a software RAID instead of the hardware RAID but I have been using hardware RAIDs for 20+ years and LOVE the speed!!! Also OMV looked easier than FreeNAS and ZFS.
I have moved the 5 x 3TB RAID to my Workstation and I am starting to move all my files and media over to the new OMV server. After I have moved my file store I will put this old RAID in the new OMV server to backup important files.
I would like to setup a 10Gb/s link between my main WS and my new OMS in addition to their existing 1Gb/s links to the rest of my network. I actually have 2 reasons I would like to do this:
1) Speed.
2) I am now spending my days as a Software Engineer at home VPN'ing into the office. Compile times are less than 1/4 of what they are on my dog of an office WS. I would like to have access to my music / Plex on my home workstation WHILE I am VPN'd into the office.
Yes, I know the best way to accomplish #2 is to run my Dev (Visual Studio) environment in a virtual but I loose the amazing compile times of my amazing PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe when in the virtual.
Questions:
1) I assume this can be done by adding 10Gb/s nics to my WS and OMV server with a crossover cable between the two then giving them static IP's and force the routes via entries in the Hosts files?
2) Which cheap ebay nics Should I buy and which should I avoid? HP? Broadcom?
Other????
3) For 10Gb/s nics is SFP and SFP+ the same thing?
4) What do I need for a 10Gb/s crossover cable? I assume I can use just a special copper crossover cable and not have to buy transceivers?
5) Is there anything else I should consider, I am not thinking about, or I am just plain wrong about?
Great site! Great OS! Thank you! -Michael