Can you run multiple VM's on this with SSD's inside?
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I have one of these set up with standard drives and am able to run two VMs at the same time easily. I assume that SSDs would make it a bit faster though.
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To be honest, I had many problems trying to use my OWC SSD's in the drobo mini and ended up returning it.
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You can install this OS on a physical server, and you can fire up two Windows Server VMs on that physical server. If you add additional physical servers, you will need a license for each physical server.
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NO. Only if your system supports drive "sleep". The drive in the Vantec will perform the same as your internal drive(s) as far as the "sleep" function.
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Sorry, I don't understand the question. But if you add the Data Doubler, you can put your SSD in either the upper or lower slot. Or you could put a pair of SSD's in the machine (or a pair of conventional spinning drives for that matter). You're really just getting the parts you need to leverage the space that was left for a 2nd drive. I hope that helps.
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Yes. I installed one. There's a slot to add a second HDD but it would just put SSD in it.
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Yes, you can change in the BIOS. But doing so requires you to reinstall the OS. You may also run the 2 SSD as JBOD which is what I am doing with mine.
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Their is no problem with mixing various size drives. I did that until I eventually updated to all 4th drives.
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no its fine. I can guarantee that you will never see the difference between 4 and more on OSX as it will just cache stuff to the ssd which is really fast as well.
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Yes it can run server 2012 with hyper-v. I assume a standard sata ssd would be fine too though I can't say from experience.
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Yes you can. Just select the JBOD function during the setup to treat all drives as separate (and Auto config should do that with DVD drives anyway)
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You can install as many hard drives as you have available sata ports and power plugs. If you run out of bays, you can just velcro em to the interior of the case. I have an SSD drive for my OS and 3 2 terabyte storage drives. You can use the smaller bays for your SSD
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Yes I'm running two hard drives. If you want more it would have to be an external.
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Yes you can. I am currently running RAID5 with 4 3TB WD Red hard drives, 1 bay is open.
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You could load balance traffic and provide redundancy using two switches. In case of vmware load balancing traffic is critical.
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I started with one 2TB and have been running it for several months. Adding a second of another brand and size. It's flexible to do that. You can even put in 2.5's with a converter tray, or some people mix in SSD's as well. Pretty limitless. AND most use cases are hot swappable, meaning you can pull and add drives while running.
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Although I haven't done it with this particular array (I'm using it in RAID5), by the regular principals, it doesn't look good. If they were individual drives, absolutely not. If they are removed from another JBOD, they would have to be in the same order, and would depend on having the same firmware. Basically... I wouldn't try it with any array. What you're looking for is probably something with a port multiplier in it so that each drive is handled individually by your OS. Then you'd need a port-multiplier compatible eSATA card (or usb if you like slow drives).
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Yes, you can put 2 SSD Card on it. I have a 1TB und a 500MB Samsung, just great !