Vega Alpha

Is it possible to run a Docker container on unRAID without it being wrapped in a VM?

Yes that's a Typo. I Should have said 32GB.

I purchased a FreeNAS Mini about 6 years ago. It has given me no problem. It uses containers to provide the illusion of entire VMs and multiple installed OSes. That’s tremendously simplified in ways I’m too ignorant to explain. There are many well-informed individuals in FreeNAS forums. I know enough to get by, and very little more. I know my FreeNAS runs on an Atom 8 core processor with 32MB RAM, and the storage is 2 mirrors such that each mirror provides 4TB using 4 drives that are all 7200 RPM Western Digital Red NAS. I’ve closely followed the latest released OS train, so maybe I should call my FreeNAS Mini a TrueNAS Mini? I run PLEX hosting about 400 DVDs I own, 20 years of family videos and photos, and many more server containers supporting my software development. The FreeNAS also serves Cloud and NAS needs to my family of 5. I have a friend I enormously respect, saying I should be running UnRAID. I don’t understand why I would want to on my very low-end hardware. He and I are swamped. Our spare time to talk is limited. Is there someone out there who can help me deeply understand what UnRAID is so I can decide whether to go this route? The money to purchase UnRAID software ($129) IS NOT currently a concern. Money to buy hardware (>$200) IS a concern. I’m looking to UnRAID to efficiently contain and serve many software stacks so my low-end hardware can be repurposed on the fly in the way I need it simply by me trying to use it in that different way. In my home, the reality is we don’t ask the FreeNAS server to do more than one or two things at a time because there are only 5 of us. So long as the FreeNAS server can wake the needed one or two sleeping containers in a reasonable time, the illusion remains unspoiled. To who it may concern, I need to learn, but I seem to be looking in the wrong places for the information I’m looking. I find troubleshooting stories that end in success or just dead-end all too often. I need information similar to what can be obtained about the workings of Docker. I quickly came to understand what a Docker container is. And VirtualBox is no mystery to me. Hypervisors Type 1 and 2 would be a mystery if there weren’t much documentation explaining them. The internet covers it over and over. I have begun to imagine that UnRAID cannot be faithfully summed up in a few metaphorizes. I suspect UnRAID is a Type 1 Hypervisor. The web site probably says that somewhere in plain sight. I digress. So my previous point means I need disk space for the OSes for every one of my software stacks. Someone help me out, please? Thank you guys! I'm sure someone will enjoy responding