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Much thanks!!!!

Thank you. I had previously watched those videos and did not find clear answers to my questions. Perhaps I have to a trial and experiment.

Built a new computer with the following parts: Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard AMD Ryzen 3900 CPU 32GB 3600Hz memory AMD Radeon 5500 GPU Sabrent Rocket Gen 4 2TB SSD (for both, OS, apps, caches...etc.) two Sabrent Rocket Gen 3 2TB SSD (to create a 4TB RAID 0 for documents, pictures..etc) one HGST 8TB HDD (for use in backing up the computer) Dell UP3216Q monitor My intent is to move from my 2017 iMac to the new computer and continue to run MacOS. I want the performance as close as possible to bare metal. It seems as if I have several options: OpenCore to patch and hid all the hardware details from Macos. I heard that even the smallest dot release from Apple can train wreck such implementations Type 1 hypervisor based on Linux with QUEM/KVN and assorted support. It is my understanding that UNRAID is a commercial package of that. Type 1 hypervisor based on Windows (no way), or VMware or Virtual box or other. Questions: Is my understanding of UNRAID correct for my needs of a type 1 hypervisor? If I setup a VM for MacOs, I could pass through all hardware (GPU, SSDs, HHD, ...etc.) each the USB controller that handles the UNRAID USB stick. Any reason I would want to leave any hardware out of the VM other than the UNRAID stick? Can I assign all 12 cores and all 32GB to the VM or do I have to leave cores and memory for the Server? Are there any guidelines on this? If I understand correctly, the server can be headless using VNC all be accessed as needed by another device on the same network such as my iPad Pro. Does the VM tell Macos what Mac model and type of CPU is being used? The reason I as is that I would like MacOS to think the VM is a new Mac Pro. Would MacOS inside the VM be able to use the two Sabrent Gen 3 SSDs to create a RAID 0? Would MacOS inside the VM be able to use the HGST HHD to do Time Machine backups of the entire VM (VM not the entire server)? Any and all feedback and suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!!!