Good morning,
I'll do my best to be concise in this topic, but I am Italian so don't flame on me if I write something odd :P
I have a 1U rackmounted server based upon a Supermicro SYS-6017R chassis, X9DRD-iF motherboard equipped with 2xIntel Xeon E5-2620 and 64GB of ECC DDR3 ram, an NVidia Quadro P400 completes the "silicon part" of it. The storage of my server (4 bays 3.5in +1 2.5in SSD attached with velcro strips inside the chassis) is arranged like this: 1 seagate ironwolf 10TB for media, 1 WD Green 5TB for the "anime archive" (it's almost empty), 2 seagate barracuda 2TB in raid 1 for important documents managed by intel RAID. The grand total of available space is somewhere close to 16TB but I am using only 4.5TB to date.
The server OS is Windows Server 2019 installed on the 120GB SSD, however, due to problems with antivirus software licensing, I'd like to move to a different solution. I had also some troubles in setting up Plex Transcoding using windows server (I got it working at the end but it was quite a long journey).
By the end of april I will receive my "definitive" backup solution, a rackmount NAS from QNAP, so I don't need extra data security features on the server since I have multiple backups of my media files.
To state the current situation, I turn this server on only when needed, mainly during the weekend when our local cost / KW is lower, I don't plan on keeping it on 24/7.
I'd like to know:
1 ) can I replicate the same hard disk configuration in Unraid setting up the shares on my disks as they are now without using parity disks ?
2) is it a good idea to move away from windows server and install a VM in unraid running windows 10 passing through the quadro card just to run plex and a few other apps?
3) is it still possible to run unraid the same way I do with windows server, turning on and off my server as soon as I need it?
Thank you all in advance for your patience and kind help!
Have a nice day
K.