I plan to install Rockstor on my current HTPC rig. It has an i3-4560, 16GB RAM, 4x4TB HDD and GTX 660Ti. Moving the data is another story that I will tackle later.
Right now I want to know how I can learn more about Hypervisors and whether I should run Rockstor under KVM or ESXi.
And if I do choose one how will it work to see my drives.
I was under the impression that Rockstor had to be installed as the main drive but I kept seeing hypervisors on /r/homelab and did some research and seems like something of an option. Like I could run Mint and set Rockstor in ESXI on Mint with two cores. Then leave the 660ti in for whatever random thing I might want to do on Mint. I don't really want to use the 660ti as a shelf unit just yet. Before as an HTPC it was running windows and I was just playing some games on my tv. But now I want to make it a proper NAS/Server and doing so it doesn't really need a gpu when it is beside my router.
I am just confused with all the options. Probably going to be a couple weeks before I decide on a plan of action. And several more posts here. The only experience before I have is using Virtualbox to test out Linux Distros I might like. But Hypervisors are on hardware level so I don't know if I want to mess around with that on my main rig before deploying on the i3.