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Configuration - HP ML110 Gen10

Hi,

I have a question for you before the final installation and configuration of the system.

There will be several virtual machines on this host.
VM01 - 4vCPU, 8GB RAM, Debian 11 - PLEX - I will assign a graphics card (P2000) to this VM for transcoding
VM02 - 1vCPU, 2GB RAM, Debian 11 - WEBSERVER - my two blogs, nextcloud
VM03 - 2vCPU, 8GB RAM, Debian 11 - This VM will be used as Wordpress containers for my 7 friends
VM04 - 2vCPU, 8GB RAM, Debian 11 - On this virtual machine I will have a container with Unifi Controller, 2x PiHole, in the future there will be two containers for HomeAssistant.
VM05 - 1vCPU, 4GB RAM, Linux - VM with Kemp Load Balaner for blogs etc.
VM06 - 2vCPU, 8GB RAM, Win10 Pro - VM designed for downloading files

Server Specs:
HP ML110 Gen10
CPU: Intel XEON Silver 4110 8C / 16T
RAM: 64GB RAM DDR4 - in a few days I will add 32GB, it will be 96GB in total
SSD: 2x 256GB Samsung 860 Pro, 3x 1TB Crucial MX500
HDD: 2x 4TB Seagate
GPU: Quadro P2000 5GB

Disk configuration.

2x 2x 256GB Samsung 860 Pro - RAID1
- 64GB - for ESXI 7
- rest - for virtual machines and ISOs

3x 1TB Crucial MX500 - RAID5
- 1.8TB - for virtual machines

2x 4TB Seagate - RAID1 - I'm wondering whether to buy one disk and make it RAID5
- 4TB - to the warehouse: Nextcloud, PLEX

What do you think about this configuration?
I wonder if I need these Samsung SSDs in RAID1 at all.
Everything will fit on this RAID5, because it's 1.8TB.

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DavoudTeimouri
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Hi,

I think, CPU and memory configuration are well designed and server will not overloaded.

About array configuration, you can balance I/O and capacity by adding another SSD and configure RAID5 array but for other disks, RAID1 or RAID10 is good for performance and fault tolerant.

Using flash (SSD) disks is depending to your use cases and scenarios. If your services are I/O sensitive, then SSD is much better than spinning drives. 

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