Uroth

How can one get better performance emulating a cpu then actually using the real cpu? Makes no sense to me.

You could use the plugin Unassigned Devices made by dlandon. You can mount and share non-array drives and ISO-files so they show up as a network folder where you can run the setup files / dvd files or whatever you have on the iso

Ok, I have now installed the VM directly on the SSD by passing through the SSD, so I am not using a Vdisk. I am also running the latest beta version of unRAID. Tried out 3DMARK on the VM and I am getting very low scores on the CPU part when I use: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8904521 Getting around 6650 cpu score. <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='12'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='13'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='14'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='28'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='29'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='30'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='31'/> <emulatorpin cpuset='0,16'/> Tried it both with <emulatorpin cpuset='0,16'/> and without it. When I try with: <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='4'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='5'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='6'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='7'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='16'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='17'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='18'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='19'/> I get a cpu score of around 8850, better, but I know it should be able to score higher. http://www.3dmark.com/fs/8904680 I am still using: label unRAID OS menu default kernel /bzimage append isolcpus=8-15,24-31 initrd=/bzroot as I was instructed to use. The gfx is getting good scores, and I can actually run games now, but I want to get the best performance out of this. Thanks for the help so far.

The SSD is mounted outside the array, using the Unassigned Devices plugin. Mounted as /mnt/disks/Corsair_Force_GS_240G. Formated as XFS. XML <domain type='kvm'> <name>Windows 10 - Gaming</name> <uuid>009382e0-d3d1-2e08-f785-8c0dab461393</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate name="Custom" icon="windows.png" os="windows"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> <locked/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='12'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='13'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='14'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='28'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='29'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='30'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='31'/> </cputune> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.3'>hvm</type> <loader type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF-pure-efi.fd</loader> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='1' cores='8' threads='1'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source file='/mnt/disks/Corsair_Force_GS_240GB/Windows 10 - Gaming/vdisk1.img'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/PROGRAMS/IMAGES/Windows_10_x64.iso'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <boot order='2'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/PROGRAMS/IMAGES/virtio-win-0.1.117.iso'/> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:a0:11:6c'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/Windows 10 - Gaming.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'> <source> <vendor id='0x046d'/> <product id='0xc31c'/> </source> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'> <source> <vendor id='0x1532'/> <product id='0x0037'/> </source> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>

Ok, sorry for the delay, here is an update: I still have the same problems of the games running poorly and the VM feeling slugish. .cfg: label unRAID OS menu default kernel /bzimage append isolcpus=8-15,24-31 initrd=/bzroot xml: <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='12'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='13'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='14'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='28'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='29'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='30'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='31'/> <emulatorpin cpuset='0,16'/> I have noticed after I have started the VM and later when I turn it off, <emulatorpin cpuset='0,16'/> is removed from the xml. Using OVMF as the bios. Tested installing Windows 10 directly to the SSD and booted into windows. Works fine. Why isn't the VM running well Really want this to work. And now I need to reinstall the VM again, after a crash I am stuck in a OVMF boot loop. Thank you again dlandon for trying to help me.

dlandon, still the same issue. The VMs feels sluggish, and the gaming VM is getting between 1fps-20fps on games where I should be getting close to 80-100fps. I even have the two VMs on different SSDs. Here is my syslinux.cfg: (is this correct?) label unRAID OS menu default kernel /bzimage append intel_iommu=on vfio_iommu_type1.allow_unsafe_interrupts=1 pcie_acs_override=downstream initrd=/bzroot append isolcpus=8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31 initrd=/bzroot and here is the xml settings for the Gaming-VM <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='12'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='13'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='14'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='15'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='28'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='29'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='30'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='31'/> <emulatorpin cpuset='0,16'/> How do I turn off balloon memory? When I try to use Hyper-V the computer bluescreen on startup. Tried running only the Gaming-VM, same problem. *EDIT* Should I insert another SSD, not boot into unRAID, install Windows 10 on the SSD and see what happens when I try and run the same games in a non virtual windows install?

dlandon, I need some help figuring out how I should assign my cores. Been trying to figure out how to configure, but it is late, and I can't seem to grasp it. Here is a screenshot of my cpu parings: Using x2 Xeon 2670 v1 CPUS 8 cores each. 64GB RAM 1 Nvidia GTX 970 unRAID 6.19 I have 2 VMs at the moment, VM1 - Windows 10 - handles a filezilla server, my uTorrents and an Emby server. - Windows 10 VM2 - Windows 10 - is intended to be my gaming rig but I am getting horrible performance with it and my GTX 970. Really really bad FPS. The focus is getting the gaming rig working properly as I have seen videos of people doing it this way with only losing about 1-2% performance. Is this a problem with 6.19 as I see alot of you guys using the newer beta? How should I configure this? Thank you for your help. //Uroth

I am getting the same problem, but mine is grp43 When I tested editing /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf and adding grp43 the error message went away and the VM goes green when I start it, but the monitor doesnt turn on, and the VM itself doesnt seem to turn on, tried accessing the VM via RDP with no luck and I cannot ping it either. The weird thing is it worked before when my gfx was plugged into another pcie but I was only getting x8 speed and not x16 and terrible FPS in games. Now the gfx is connected the first pcie. Using a ASRock - EP2C602-4L/D16, I also tried updating the bios, same problem.

I have tried to attach a kingston and a sandisk USB stick to my Windows10 machine, and I get a "Device attached successfully" on both of them but windows doesnt recognize them. What drivers am I missing? I have tried telling windows to find the drivers and I have tried to tell windows to use drivers from the virtio-win-0.1.102.iso but nothing works. It just says windows is using the best drivers.

Have any of you guys bought the WD My Book 8TB and gotten lucky? Seems to be a mix of HGST drives, WD Reds and normal drives in them acording to https://tinkertry.com/liberate-western-digital-8tb-from-external-drive-enclosure-to-save-big Is the gamble worth it?

What is the name of the non-shingled ones? Do the WD 8TB drives use SMR tech as well? I need more disks but I dont want the cache thingy part on my drives that might cause problem since I sometimes move around alot of data.

Sweet! Curious how you get the other Ethernet connections to show up on the dashboard. Mine only shows 1 and it's the one connected. @BigWorm Sorry for the late reply. The only thing I have done is going into the BIOS and configuring the North Bridge to allow VT-d. I haven't tried booting up unRAID with this option turned off. I am running Unraid 6.1.9

My fellow brothers and sisters, I have ascended and now join your ranks. The next plan is to get more RAM, more HDDs and SSDs. Then when it gets released, get a GTX1080ti and turn this beast into a server and gaming platform.

Hello, My unRAID machine randomly freezes causing all network shares to be inaccessible. The webGUI and ssh also dies with this freeze and the only thing I can do is a hard reset on the machine. I have had this problem for many unRAID versions. I am currently running the latest stable version 6.1.9. I am running a windows 7 VM that I use to seed torrents so the network is always active, and I think the freezes are related to file transfers, but I am not sure. First I thought it might be a RAM problem since I used to only have 4GB, but I still get this problem after upgrading to 8GB.(Different sticks as well) Is this a network related problem? (NIC or Router(Asus RT-N56U)?) Or what is causing the problem? I have attached the diagnostics files, do you guys need anything else to see what causes the freezes? SPECS: 2x AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 Model: Custom M/B: ASRock - B75 Pro3 CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-2120T CPU @ 2.60GHz HVM: Enabled IOMMU: Disabled Cache: 512 kB, 64 kB, 3072 kB Memory: 8192 MB (max. installable capacity 32 GB) Network: eth0: 1000Mb/s - Full Duplex Kernel: Linux 4.1.18-unRAID x86_64 OpenSSL: 1.0.1s Uptime:0 days, 00:07:56 tower-diagnostics-20160503-1122.zip