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This howto aims at describind building a compact hyperconverged chassis with a ''Supermicro a2sdi-4c-hln4f'' for . The hypervisor OS will be a ''Slackware64-current'' with Qemu/KVM, the storage will be provided by a ''Truenas core'' VM (thanks to pci-passthrough) and network orchestrated by a ''OPNSense'' VM.
This howto aims at describind building a compact homelab hyperconverged chassis with a [https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/A2SDi-4C-HLN4F Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F]. The hypervisor OS will be a ''Slackware64-current'' with ''Qemu/KVM'', the storage will be provided by a ''Truenas core'' VM (thanks to pci-passthrough) and network orchestrated by a ''OPNSense'' VM.


== Motivations ==
== Motivations ==


Why such a tiny ''Supermicro a2sdi-4c-hln4f'' motherboard, especially with a modest 4 cores [https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/97937/intel-atom-processor-c3558-8m-cache-up-to-2-20-ghz.html Intel Atom C3558] ?
Why such a tiny motherboard, especially with a modest 4 cores [https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/97937/intel-atom-processor-c3558-8m-cache-up-to-2-20-ghz.html Intel Atom C3558] ?
Let's see the advantages :
Let's see the advantages :
* it's very compact (mini-itx form factor)
* obviously, it's very compact (mini-itx form factor)
* up to 256 GB ECC RDIMM RAM supported
* up to 256 GB ECC RDIMM RAM supported
* the C3558 has a very low TDP (~ 17W), so no need for a fancy cooling solution
* the CPU (well it's more a SOC actually) has a very low TDP (~ 17W), so no need for a fancy and potentially noisy cooling solution
* the SATA ports are provided by two distinct PCIe lines (see below, very important for pci-passthrough and no need for an additionnal HBA card)
* the SATA ports are provided by two distinct PCIe lines (see below, very important for pci-passthrough and no need for an additionnal HBA card)

Version du 30 mars 2021 à 09:45

This howto aims at describind building a compact homelab hyperconverged chassis with a Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F. The hypervisor OS will be a Slackware64-current with Qemu/KVM, the storage will be provided by a Truenas core VM (thanks to pci-passthrough) and network orchestrated by a OPNSense VM.

Motivations

Why such a tiny motherboard, especially with a modest 4 cores Intel Atom C3558 ? Let's see the advantages :

  • obviously, it's very compact (mini-itx form factor)
  • up to 256 GB ECC RDIMM RAM supported
  • the CPU (well it's more a SOC actually) has a very low TDP (~ 17W), so no need for a fancy and potentially noisy cooling solution
  • the SATA ports are provided by two distinct PCIe lines (see below, very important for pci-passthrough and no need for an additionnal HBA card)