Hello,
I'm using unraid to host a few shares and run a headless gaming VM (utilizing Steam In Home Streaming / Remote Play). After playing for 5-10 minutes, the entire unraid instance crashes (shares go offline, server is inaccessible via web or ssh, and the local terminal display freezes and is unresponsive). The only way to bring the server back up is with a power cycle.
At first I thought it had to do with temps, but the CPU temps never went above 86C (and even that was uncommon). I then thought it had to do with the GPU (EVGA GTX 1660), but the problem persisted even without a GPU physically connected at all. My next thought was to try lowering the amount of RAM allocated to the VM, but that didn't help either (I tried 12GB, 8GB, then 4GB out of 16GB total).
I have more RAM on the way, which will put my total at 32GB (not specifically due to this issue, but it will give me another thing to try). That's the max my motherboard can support. I also have another network card on the way too (also not purchased due to this issue specifically), so I can also try passing through my existing network card instead of using bridged/bonded networking.
I’m running a memtest now, and it’s gone through one pass without errors so far.
Thanks!!
UnRAID syslog at the time of the frozen screen (nothing was generated at the time of the crash): https://imgur.com/BAE5AVI
Windows 10 VM Settings: https://imgur.com/70wUEfu
Specs:
Intel Core i7 4790k @ 4.0 GHz (stock)
EVGA Z97 Classified motherboard with latest BIOS (2.06)
16GB DDR3 RAM @ 1600 MHz
EVGA GTX 1660 XC Gaming
Supermicro LSI 9300-8i HBA (IT mode)
3x Ironwolf Pro 6TB
2x 256GB SATA SSD for cache (different brands)