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So having some trouble trying to find an HBA card. I have a Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI with the bottom PCIe slot empty, 4.0 physical 16x but wired for 4x. I'm planing on getting 2 or 3 more drive in the near future which would go over the 6 MB SATA available, ergo HBA card time. While I see there's already list of recommendation something I'm not sure is if: A) Does it matter if I'm putting an 8x/16x sized HBA in a 4x slot or do they generally play nice? B) Is there a card that would have 8+ internal port but also external ports in PCIe 4.0? If I can futureproof and have a disk shelf as an option without changing the HBA that would be nice. C) Also something I'm not sure about, is it best practice to keep the parity disk directly plugged to the MB or is it not really a thing to worry about? Big thanks for any help

Hmm, weird, thought I deleted that thread after getting it to work on my own :l guess it didn't go through somehow Anyway, for people looking here in the future, for me the solution was reinstalling the VM with all the cores I wanted to use from the start.

I'm currently having issues when creating a VM that SpaceinvaderOne video have so far not help me resolved. First one that I'd need to get resolve: when starting a VM with more than 1 core/thread, it just loop the start up of the windows logo, quick google gave me other post on the forums but no solutions in them, anyone knows how to fix this/suggestion for how to fix it?

I believe my key is enterprise which is why it's not letting me access the part of the website for download. Contacting support ATM, so hope it goes well. Edit: and predictably, did not get an iso, think I have another key I can try but otherwise guess I'll have to make do with 10, that or hunt usb key

It ends up costing more in Canada. (which silly me I forgot to point out) Ended up having to go to a physical store for return, got to set a pick up order for another SX10, real wish this time it works.

yup, still SX10 is cursed, the last order got cancelled because damaged packaging.

I feared as much but thanks still gonna see if I can get Microsoft support to help, which I doubt

Ended up going with a Netgear SX10 tho it's been... an ordeal to order. Still waiting on it but will keep in mind if that fails again. Thanks for the list.

So long story short, I have misplaced my USB key with my copy of Windows 7... 5 years ago. Looking online I'm only really seeing Microsoft coming up as a legit source tho my old key does not allow me to access the relevant section. Where does one go for reliable Iso?

How so? I'd figure the issue is more about moving the data than the actual process changing between 1gps/10gps hence changed security.

So I'm just trying to see my options ATM but I'm no pro in networking or more so where to look. Just looking for 4-8 port total, to work with CAT6/CAT6a cable. Anyone has quick recommendation of stuff to get? Not looking for NIC ATM just switch/router but I'll add those to my wish list if provided. Thx

Ah even better, thanks both. Now just curious on that stream from a remote VM.

As to save some space on the cache, if I went with number 1, VM can use the array so say for Skyrim I could store mod in the array and not have too big an impact on the cache right?

Something I'd like to confirm before ordering anything Mixing SATA and NVME SSD in a cache pool isn't worth it, but SATA SSD can be used to only contain a VM and/or put in an array and only have a VM share? same idea if I got a PCIe 3.0 and a PCIe 4.0 NVME SSD. Also yes, hail Spaceinvader one.

Sorry, yes to how much drive? 2, 1 or 0? Or you meant the more the better

Hello I will soon be assembling a server, with the idea of having it as a NAS primarly but also I want to try to setup some more fancy stuff over 3 weeks as a challenge for myself. I've got most of it figured out but I still have some tinkering left I'd want a second opinion on. I'm not really looking for in depth tutorial at this point, more a validation of concept but pointers are still appreciated. I'll be coming back when I hit a wall on a particular thing or report. The breakdown of the weeks are -Week 1, build, set up the storage, setup media streaming -Week 2, setup a gaming VM -Week 3, setup a streaming solution, -Bonus challenge, setup streaming from the VM Week 1 I'm good, I'm seen plenty of videos on YT and the system seems easy enough to figure out. 1 thing I'm not sure is what would be an open source alternative to Plex? I understand Plex went more corporate and than it's replacement basicly did the same thing eventually, I just want something that I can setup and not have to worry feature get put behind a paywall or whatnot. The whole point is I'm the one in charge of my library. Week 2 is where it becomes fancy, I want to setup a VM that I could use to play games I can't get to work on Linux such as Kingdom Under Fire II because Easy Anti Cheat or Skyrim because modding much easier. I've been told I might as well set that up on my gaming rig itself but I'd rather have it on the server. Week 3 is the challenge week, I want to try setting up the Unraid server to be able to encode a stream to push to say Twitch but also record the footage to the array at the same time. The server's relevant spec are an AMD 3800x on a Gigabyte Aorus pro x570 with 32GB of RAM, 4*4HDD and a GTX 570 which might get replaced with a 1660Ti depending of this year's release. So to recap -Open sourced alternative to Plex for video streaming? -Other than error 37/43 is there anything I should be aware that might not work at all or require more work/hardware? -Would I require two SSD for Caching/VM or can I get away with one or do none of the application above require SSD caching? Thanks for the help! Edit: CPU now a 3800x over 3700x because guess Amazon can't deliver but Newegg had a good deal this is now stupid powerful.