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    Looking for a hardware setup to build Unraid for NAS, Plex, and VMs to create music and Deejaying,

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  1. Hi there, I am searching since ages for a good solution to create a clone of external USB SSD to a local UNRAID share. I was thinking about and trying out Clonezilla, but it does not show neither the connected USB SSD nor a local unraid Share (which i was adding in the vm config). After creating an image i want to also be able to recreate the created image file to for example a larger SSD. Is there a better and easy way to achieve this? Thanks for any help, and if you need more details, please do not hesitate to ask.
  2. Is there (already) a good solution for this for docker or unraid??
  3. Thanks Lolight, and sorry for implicitly thinking about you understanding my "performance" use case. The Audio Software (ableton live) is able to handle 60 cores, so i guess that should be sufficient. Do i understand your right concerning Power Supply, you say, going for the fanless 700W is good enough?
  4. thanks a lot lolight! I definitely do not want to spend money on components i do not need. But what do you mean by "Way over the top for your use case - there's no need to overspend on powerful components."? Do you refer to all (mainly i guess CPU) components or only to the Power Supply? For example performance wise, if I do want to run an Audio Workstation as a VM, i would "need" a strong CPU, but also to be comfortable the next years (5-7). Not to mention the Plex and other dockers running in parallel And buying a slower CPU would maybe save me 300€ (out of 2k€), but I might miss the top performance when using performance VM. Or am i wrong? Looking at an 13900K, I thought there is no silent Fan to cool that CPU down if 100% performance mode? But i am happy to switch to a silent fan
  5. Any thoughts? This is one of my last questions which size and how many M.2 SSDs to buy 🤯😜
  6. Hi There, i am getting closer to the end of purchasing mostly new equipment (Reusing a few HDDs for storage) for my 24/7 Unraid Server, where the priorities are as following: is flexibility (to run NAS, docker and VMs as needed), is silence, is low or minimal energy consumption while idling, is long "durability" for performance (next 5-7 years it should do his job), is price (ending up with +/- 2k€ is acceptable, if it is cheaper, i am fine😆) In the first place i do not need an extra graphic card, as I want to have one display connection on the board, but if you can recommend a passive GPU with 3 (or more) HDMI ports (each 4K) for office/music applications i am happy to take recommendations. I have 2 open points on my list Passive vs. active Power supply. What do you recommend? I do have two options in the list below. (Note: Overall consumption of devices used should be around 550W (without GPU), which i calculated with Enermax calculator.) I am not going to overclock. How to split pools for cache, vsdisks and docker apps (Open Thread here) : 2x 1TB M.2 SSD for cache and 1x 2TB M.2 SSD for vdisks and docker or 2x 2TB M.2 SSD for cache, vdisks and docker shared? Now here is the list, any feedback welcome: CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K, 8C+16c/32T, 3.00-5.80GHz, boxed ohne Kühler (BX8071513900K) RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB silber DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR5-6400, CL32-39-39-102, on-die ECC (F5-6400J3239G32GX2-TZ5RS) M.2 SSD: 2x Kingston KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD 2TB, M.2 (SKC3000D/2048G) (See discussion above, I would buy the 1TB versions of the same brand) Parity HDD: Toshiba Cloud-Scale Capacity MG09ACA 18TB, 512e, SATA 6Gb/s (MG09ACA18TE) HDDs: Some old ones I already have 2x 14TB WD Red Pro 2x 8TB WD Red Pro Mainboard: GIGABYTE Z790 Gaming X AX AIO Water cooling: Alphacool Eisbaer 360 (11286) Power Supply: PASSIVE: Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 700W ATX (SSR-700TL / PRIME-TX-700 / PRIME-Fanless-TX-700) ACTIVE: be quiet! Straight Power 11 Platinum 1000W ATX 2.51 (BN309) Server housing: Fractal Design Define 7 Black Solid, schallgedämmt (FD-C-DEF7A-01) I had to post it even that the list is not 100% best components, but to really remove my doubts I should start now, otherwise I will never buy new hardware. 🥵
  7. Thanks to you all. Maybe now it rings the/my bell: The cache is a pool, and now with 6.9 we can make additional pools (vdisks, docker apps, and any other use cases?). So does it make sense to buy 2x 1TB SSD just for caching 1x 2TB SSD for the rest of pooling vdisks and docker? (or maybe bigger 1x 4TB) OR 2x 2TB SSD (or 4TB) to share these for cache, vdisks and pools? I think version 1 makes most sense, by physically separating caching from the rest of the pools?
  8. ok, thanks, but that is confusing me a bit: Question 1: If I do not have a flash based Array, can is then still run the VM on the cache? Question 2: Lets assume ... i would be storing 5 VMs of size 2 TB being on my cheap normal 20TB HDD drive. I am not using them simultaniously (only 1 is used at the same time) Do i need to buy 5x 2TB SSDs to have the vdisks being on these individual SSDs or can i load the 2 TB on demand on 1x 2TB SSD array. Thanks!
  9. I am getting closer to my final decision but i do have some questions left, which I was not able to read in the manual and therefor I hope are not so stupid 😉: CACHE (M.2 SSD): When i add 2x 2TB SSD as cache, these 2 drives can be used simultaneously either like a RAID 0 or 1 (Performance vs. Redundancy? If i add 3x 2TB SSD as cache I can make RAID 0+1 or 1+0? When I start a VM (which is on a HDD/array) the complete VM is then loaded into the Cache and will run from there using the full speed of the cache? In parallel other services (NAS, VM and Applications) are using also the same cache for the runtime and caching files? If 3 is a yes: The bigger and faster the cache is, the better the performance will be? So 3x 2TB would be better then 2x 2TB, and that will be better then 1x 2TB? ARRAYs (assuming on SATA drives): Parity disk is always needed? Or can i also add an array or disk without connecting a parity disk? For example for copying data from that drive to one array? Is it possible to physically remove a disk of an array and put it for example in an external case and directly connect and read/write data from another PC/Laptop? Is it also possible to plug this "modified" disk back, when using parity disk(s)? If i will be using 1 or 2 parity disks, is it still possible what i describe VM: Is there the possibility to get Android VMs running? ZFS: Would you recommend ZFS from the very beginning or can i upgrade the array at a later stage? thanks!
  10. Thanks Lolight, reading it and summarizing it roughly: * ECC is good, but not necessary in Home Environments -> Motherboards rare, ECC expensive and 2% less performance (https://www.crucial.com/support/articles-faq-memory/ecc-vs-non-ecc) * ECC with on-die is supporting on a "small" (single bit) level to compare the data, before going into the RAM, with the data leaving the RAM -> Improved and better than without ECC * Use good SATA cables, to not corrupt the data -> Any recommendations which to use (and which definitely not)? * Have a backup available, not at the same place where your data is -> Is OneDrive or any other Cloud Storage good enough to keep the "backup" of your important stuff? Do i understand correctly the problem of using Non-ECC RAM: On any write operation data stored on my hard disk could be corrupted. For instance when i backup my photos from my camera over USB (or network) onto my NAS data pool (e.g. just one single bit could "fall" from 0 to 1 or vice versa). As it rarely happens, the likelihood is that 1 picture e.g. out of 100k pictures might be a bit scrambled or worst case not readable anymore. The error would be then discovered when I open up the picture again and i might see the problem or it does not open at all. Read operations, might not be as critical when the data is not used to write it somewhere else? Is there a way/mechanism/tool -also and especially- in unraid to verify the checksums of the files you want to keep safe or at least reduce the risk? For example monitor the "photos" folder?
  11. Hi Beat-0, could you please post your part list what you end up with at the end and maybe you can share your experience so far. I am looking also for a setup around a 13900K thanks!
  12. I am warming this/my thread up as I am turning myself in circles with respect what motherboard to buy. Assuming i am going for the 13900K (which is around 500€ at the moment) as i want to use the system the next 5-6 years and be kind of future proof (knowing that this thing is going to idle a lot - but stepping down to i7/i5 and saving maybe 250€ on an overall +2000€ system does not make too much sense to me, or should it?). So now what is really killing me, that many here are using/recommending the Supermicro and the W680 with ECC? This board is rarely to get and i am not 100% sure if I really need the expensive/slower ECC RAM? Also that the new DDR5 have "On-die-ECC" which is not the same but still better than the old world (and i never realized problems in the past with Non-ECC, but maybe i did not see the errors ). I would be starting with a 64GB DDR5 possibility to upgrade at a later stage. So first question: ECC and W680 or on-die ECC and Z790 I am aiming at a Z790 boards (ATX), with a 2.5Gbit LAN & minimum 6 SATA on board (2 parity and 3-4 Storage - if neede i could upgrade to a bigger hdd when i run out of storage) and 2x M.2/M-Key (PCIe 4.0 x4). Is there a reason (if not using high end graphic cards) to have more than 2x PCIe 5.0 x16? Second Question: Which Mainboard to choose (also W680 or other boards if you have a reason ) Thanks a lot in advance for all your thoughts!
  13. Thanks ljm42 To summarize. OnBoard is as well good and similar to a PCIe (compared to the same chipset - apples of the same sort compared to apples of the same sort ). But always check first if the Chipset is supported and drivers are available for the specific Hardware. right?
  14. *bump* is my question too boring, because answered 1001 times? or am in not specific enough? Or is it not easy to answer?
  15. Hi there, I am planning to setup new hardware to build an unraid system. *youwouldnthaveguessedthat* Thinking about which mobo, and what and how many PCIe slots i should buy, i was thinking about buying a mobo, e.g. https://geizhals.eu/gigabyte-z690-aorus-master-a2625065.html?hloc=at&hloc=de with 10GBase-T (Marvell AQtion AQC113CS) network controller onboard to safe a PCIe slot as spare. Can I use this onboard controller (or any other 10gb chipset) simultaneously with unraid, Plex, any other docker service and passthrough to running VMs (I would assume in bridged mode)? If yes, is there a performance difference between onboard and PCIe controller (even when using the same chipset)? Would you recommend buying a mobo with onboard 10GB network controller in general? Additional to the other questions, but more general: Would you recommend using onboard controllers (Network, Thunderbolt, USB, Audio, ...) and would they work all with passthrough to VM and services?