[Gpu passthrough to vm and docker use for plex]

what CPU are you using?

If you have a i5 8400 or above and it has a integrated GPU u can tell Plex to use that for the transcoding etc.

in my unraid I have a 1050Ti that I use for VM and my plex runs all its transcodes via the iGPU on the CPU.

In plex I have it set to use whatever it wants (99% of the time it is using the iGPU) so if my VM is using the GPU it will failover to the iGPU.

 

[Help deciding what to do!]

would the i7 8700 be strong enough to run Windows 11 VM full time along side my other docker containers?
I use unraid for Plex, Sonarr, TDARR, RADARR etc along with a minecraft instance for my kids and a valheim server for me and my clan.

 

Would you lock the VM to use 6 of the 12 threads or let it run free?

[Help deciding what to do!]

Hi guys,

I have been using unRAID on my home server for a little while now and I am thinking about doing some reconfiguration of the home storage I have.

I recently got a new gaming computer which has made my old i7 8700 gaming pc pretty much obsolete but I have been thinking if it is worth while merging my old gaming computer with my unraid server and then having unraid run a windows 11 VM to take the place of the old gaming pc.

 

The specs of the systems are:

 

Old Gaming

CPU - Intel i7-8700 (with onBoard GPU)

M/B - MSI Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

RAM - 32Gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance

GPU - MSI RTX 2070s

Storage - 1Tb nVME, 500Gb nVME, 2Tb SATA, 120Gb SSD SATA

 

unRAID Server

CPU - Intel i5-8400 (with onBoard GPU)

M/B - ASRock B360M Xtreme

RAM - 32Gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance

GPU - MSI GTX 1050Ti

Storage - 3x 6Tb SATA (2x Toshiba/Dell, 1 Western Digital), 1 Western Digital nVME Cache.

 

The proposed combined system would be:

 

CPU - Intel i7-8700 (with onBoard GPU)

M/B - MSI Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51)

RAM - 64Gb DDR4 Corsair Vengeance

GPU - MSI RTX 2070s

Storage - 2x 1Tb nVME, 3x 6TB SATA, 1x 2Tb SATA.

 

I am unsure how I would set up the VM for Windows 11 on this so that there is a second PC if needed.

I would want one of the nVME to be purely for the VM and possibly the 2Tb drive also (so not part of the main pool and possibly not visible to the unraid system or its users unless you are on the VM.

[Help choosing a CPU (and motherboard)]

Hi guys,

 

I have already got my unraid server set up and pretty decently kitted out with second hand parts I had lying around but I feel it could do alot more for not that much investment.

 

The current specs are:

Quote

 

System Overview

Unraid system:Unraid server Basic, version 6.12.3

Model:HC UK Version 1

Motherboard:  ASRock B360M Xtreme, Version: unknown, s/n: M80-B7010700150

Processor:  Intel® Core™ i5-8500 CPU @ 3.00GHz

Cache:L1 Cache = 384 KiB (max. capacity 384 KiB)

Memory:32 GiB DDR4 (max. installable capacity 64 GiB)

ChannelA-DIMM1: 029E CMK32GX4M2D3000C16, 16 GiB DDR4 @ 2667 MT/s

ChannelB-DIMM1: 029E CMK32GX4M2A2666C16, 16 GiB DDR4 @ 2667 MT/s

GPU: nVidia GeForce 1050 Ti

 

 

It is running everything I am throwing at it without any real issues.

 

The system is used as a file store, plex, torrent base along with a couple of as needed VM's.

 

I am thinking about swapping out the Intel i5-8500 for Intel Xeon Processor E5-2695 v4 and changing the motherboard to suite (one that takes DDR4 to re-use the RAM.).

 

Do you think this would a worthwhile change for my needs or would is just be a waste of money.

[How to Set Up a Multi-Streaming Server with Unraid]

Hi Guys/Gals,

 

I am new here and I am looking to see if there is an updated version of the setup instructions and information on how to set the server to send to the different platforms (Facebook/YouTube/Twitch).

[Multiple NICs? Can it be done?]

I was thinking about doing 2 network cards in my unRAID box too and having 2 network cables going into my switch on the network.

 

My thinking about this is that if I am using the full speed of 1 network card to download renders etc other users on my network can still get access to/retrieve files over the other connection.

 

Would that work?

[Recommended controllers for Unraid]

Hi guys,

 

I have just started deploying my home server with the view of it eventually having around 40-100Tb of storage space (I am a game streamer and save all my videos).

 

I found this card online and wanted to know if it will be ok working with unRAID.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DFSC5R4/ref=ox_sc_act_image_3?smid=A3CN81AGS5D0VV&th=1

 

Thanks in advance.