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I encountered similar slowness when launching games on Unraid via SMB. In my case, the most effective solution was to move the game library to the cache pool (SSD/NVMe) and disable direct disk access for the layer. I also recommend testing NFS or iSCSI, as they often provide lower latency than SMB for games. After switching to cache, my load times improved a lot. I also checked network settings and enabled multichannel SMB support. Small tweaks in MTU and avoiding spin-down for game drives helped too. Sometimes background parity checks can slow everything down. For testing storage performance, I usually compare load times with lightweight games or even small apps like the demos you can find here because they are quick to launch and show delays clearly. That makes it easier to see if changes really help. In my opinion, Unraid works fine for games, but it needs proper tuning.

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I would keep appdata, databases, and game servers on a separate cache pool consisting of several SSDs. This will allow you to get maximum speed with minimal wear on the main array. When choosing a configuration, I relied not only on forums, but also on slot reviews in the Australia, which provide very detailed performance analytics. On one of these resources, you can see more information about how different systems respond to loads. Such materials help to better understand which drive should be used for databases and gaming services. This makes the cache configuration more reasonable and accurate.

I had a similar situation where the GPU was only running at 50–60%, and only manually setting pinning for CPU cores and disabling any background services that were pulling Unraid resources helped.

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I am also considering using Unraid in business. The main thing is to choose the proper hardware, especially if you need a powerful GPU. I want to understand which cards work best for virtualization and transcoding. I often learn about new products in this area on the DDI blog, where there is much interesting information about server solutions. If anyone has experience with Unraid and GPUs, it would be helpful to hear some advice.

My longest time without a reboot on Unraid was over 124 days. An impressive result, but I'll have to upgrade soon to support the latest updates and improvements. I'm curious to know how you are doing, if anyone else has even longer time without disconnections?

Try using the mount -t cifs command to connect the Unraid share to Ubuntu.