Chip33az

Okay, a quick follow-up question. How many keyboards/mice do you have connected to that device. if only one, how do you switch between the various VMs? I can see how the video is displayed based on the video card, makes sense, but the keyboard/mouse now stumps me. Thanks.

Thank you for the responses. I have an i5 laptop (not sure about the detailed specs) I can try this out on over the next week or so. My machine is getting up there (AMD Phenom II X4 925 - I think) and wanted to replace it and consolidate everything. If I can have a single machine be the NAS and run a Windows VM from it with GPU support and use it as a desktop, I would be very interested. I would make sure the hardware supports the various virtual components as needed.

Thank you for the prompt response. I think I might have to download the 30 day trial and give it a shot. I just don't see it. I keep thinking that if I plugged in a monitor, mouse, keyboard to the unRAID box, I would just see a prompt or text (kind of like a ESXi server). I already have a Windows ISO (or Linux) I can use, and perhaps a laptop just to see what happens. Thanks.

Hi, I hope this doesn't sound that silly of a question. I'm looking to consolidate my hardware into a single box (NAS, desktop, etc). I happened to see a video about unRAID 6 and its ability to use VMs. I was thinking I could setup unRAID, create a Windows VM (for example) and then use that to play games, budgeting, etc.) I'm also looking at trying the new HDHomeRun DVR and thought this would be good. But after watching videos, while one can use the hardware directly (say a GTX card), it sounds like you still need to have an actual desktop to connect to the unRAID box. Or am I missing something? Could I install unRAID, create the virtual Windows and then have it boot and start automatically and display the desktop? Sorry if it is poorly worded or sounds silly, just was curious if this really could combine everything or if I still would need a desktop.