Hey folks!
I'm somewhat new to Unraid, and would like to share my setup to get any advice or feedback from those wiser than I
I've got 2x Unraid machines, brief details below:
NIXSERVER
Hardware:
- Intel® Core™ i3-8100
- AMD RX 570 8GB
- 16 GB DDR4
- 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda & 2TB Parity
- 240GB Sandisk SSD Cache Drive
Purpose:
Runs apps, i.e. my Plex server, Nginx proxy, several databases, Git repo, Docker container reg, Grafana, various data ingesters, other homemade apps (typically websites), & PhoenixAMD miner (crypto mining). Also houses shares for any media.
NIXDESK
Hardware:
- Intel® Core™ i5-8400
- AMD RX 580 8GB
- 16 GB DDR4
- 1x 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Purpose:
Runs my virtual desktop; I switch between a Ubuntu VM for development, Windows 10 for work whilst I have another PhoenixAMD miner running. Then if i want to do some gaming, I turn the miner off and start a VM with passthrough (at least that's the intention, setup still TODO...). Have shares to share common folders (e.g. My Documents type stuff). Gives me freedom to try out various OS's, because i'm always tinkering.
I use a Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB) on Arch (arm64) as my main desktop, and spin-up then VNC/RDP into whichever VM I need. I've got more drives in NIXDESK (another 1TB HDD and 1TB M2, but they're still packing my regular Windows 10 install in case I need to switch back).
So far I've found the performance pretty good, although always looking to reduce latency on the VM's. I've still to setup the gaming VM; does anyone have any guidance on how I can make the switch from running the miner and onboard to passthrough? Also, may need to move peripherals across from the Pi to NIXDESK, maybe a KVM?
Any other wise words are greatly appreciated! Anything useful I could add into the mix? What hardware should I look to upgrade first?
Thanks!
Nix