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<blockquote data-quote="marcB" data-source="post: 822362" data-attributes="member: 55360">AW: TV server on VMware ESXi 4.1Hi Folks,just to let you know:Got TV-Server running with Vista on ESXi5 (among serveral other like mailserver and firewall)As I had allways trouble with ESXi and VT-d (IOMMU) I use only USB-Devices..(have a look at <a href="http://communities.vmware.com/message/1718269" target="_blank">VMware Communities: VT-D enabled + RAID-Controller...</a> )Used Hardware: Intel i5 Mobile on an Advantech AIMB-270G2 connectet to an Open-E.lite NAS (iSCSI) (running on an other Intel Core2Duo Mobile with 4x2.5&quot; SATA 24/7)I did large number of testes for the nas using Solaris12 with zfs, FreeNas and Open-E.Open-E works best for my needs (For free if less then 2TB). Solaris needs to much CPU-Power for ZFS andstarts stuttering after filling its cache. FreeNas was quite unstable <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />Got also two different USB-S2 Tuners for testing.Technisat Skystar USB2 HD CI works fine: Recording and Live TV, Recording and watching an other video...Hauppauge WinTV Nova HD USB did not work at all: Live TV gives only some pictures every few seconds.obviously even the Driver/Tuner stuff makes the difference for success or fail !!!By the Way: powerconsumption is less than 80W for both server <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Have a good time!Marc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="marcB, post: 822362, member: 55360"] [b]AW: TV server on VMware ESXi 4.1[/b] Hi Folks, just to let you know: Got TV-Server running with Vista on ESXi5 (among serveral other like mailserver and firewall) As I had allways trouble with ESXi and VT-d (IOMMU) I use only USB-Devices.. (have a look at [url=http://communities.vmware.com/message/1718269]VMware Communities: VT-D enabled + RAID-Controller...[/url] ) Used Hardware: Intel i5 Mobile on an Advantech AIMB-270G2 connectet to an Open-E.lite NAS (iSCSI) (running on an other Intel Core2Duo Mobile with 4x2.5" SATA 24/7) I did large number of testes for the nas using Solaris12 with zfs, FreeNas and Open-E. Open-E works best for my needs (For free if less then 2TB). Solaris needs to much CPU-Power for ZFS and starts stuttering after filling its cache. FreeNas was quite unstable :( Got also two different USB-S2 Tuners for testing. Technisat Skystar USB2 HD CI works fine: Recording and Live TV, Recording and watching an other video... Hauppauge WinTV Nova HD USB did not work at all: Live TV gives only some pictures every few seconds. obviously even the Driver/Tuner stuff makes the difference for success or fail !!! By the Way: powerconsumption is less than 80W for both server :) Have a good time! Marc [/QUOTE]

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