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  1. Sorry! For all the late answers. I was absent for pretty much a year in this forum and a lot has happened to my. after a loss in my Family and finding a new workplace/moving i couldnt use my Setup anymore because of its size/form factor so i did forget about unraid for a while but ill try to answer your questions. 1. Gaming Perdormance is great, no lag or tearing on my end 2. pretty much at the top of my guide there is mentioned that you can set a fixed filesize wich i use, but you could also make it auto expandable. 3. i pretty much did that because i had no local space on my disks and i couldnt expand since i used all my sata lanes/ports. (And there just wasnt enough space in the case) ill add a pictures of my pc desk solution so you can see why i had to use unraid for external media like games. all the internal drives i had for mass storage are full with files i need for work. Sure you can do this BUT only access the files with one drive at a time or it will cause really bad loading times and as mentioned from another user above corrupt your saves.
  2. Sorry for the late answer. The video i mentioned was the official video limetech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYuELiNKzZA
  3. Hello! i really hope I am at the right sub forum with my little guide. Since there is a Video Guide about Steam and Origin but not Battle.net i thought i would write a little guide here on how to install your games on a network storage like unraid or similar even with the battle.net launcher or blizzard game installer does not support network locations or sym. and mk links. If its the wrong sub forum feel free to move it! In this Guide we will create a virtual HDD on a network storage device like unraid and "code" a little script to automatically mount it when we launch the battle.net launcher. Since its an .vhd file it would be a pain in the ass without the script since you would need to mount it after every restart again in the "Disk Management" part of the system settings but with the script it works like a charm! I am really sorry i cant provide you with English screenshots of every step but i will try to explain how everything works and give my best with my limited English skills. So lets start. STEP 1 - Create a .vhd File in the Disk Management Version A - Create a big .vhd with its final size and just move it to the User Share (slower) Go into the "Disk Management", click "Action" and select "Create virtual HDD". Just save it directly to the Desktop, apply the size you want it to be like 250GB and set it so a fixed size and click OK. Select your newly created Disk on the bottom of HDD list in the "Disk Manager" with a right click and "initialize" it. Select MBR and press ok, now create a new Volume and assign a drive letter. (you only need to assign it ONCE! i choose Z since its Blizzard) Eject the newly created HDD and move it to its new location on your user share (this transfer may take a while depending on the size of your choosing) Version B - Create a small . vhd File and move it to its final destination and expand it with a few commands (faster) Follow the Steps above but only make the .vhd a few gb big - like 5GB for example and move it to its final location on the user share. Now you need to open the command prompt, enter "diskpart" and press enter. the diskpart cmd window should appear. Now follow my Instructions like its shown on my Screenshot: STEP 2 - Mount it automatically with a click onto the Battle.net launcher Now we need to create 2 files. 1 .bat file which will be the executable and 1 .txt file which will tell the .bat what it needs to mount. You can put these 2 files anywhere in your system it doesn't really matter where they are but i saved them into my Dropbox so i have access to it on all of my PCs but you definitely could save it on the user share itself. REM = Notes in the script - they will not be executed but if you want you can delete them. .txt - tell diskpart to mound the .vhd Open the Editor/Notepad and insert the following: SELECT VDISK FILE="Location of your virtual HDD " REM >>> SELECT VDISK FILE="\\UNRAID\Games\BlizzDrive\BlizzardHDD.vhd" ATTACH VDISK Save it as normal .txt file and remember the name for the following .bat file. .bat - Making the executable file Open the Editor/Notepad and insert the following: @ECHO OFF SET VirtualDiskLocation="Location of your virtual HDD" REM >>> SET VirtualDiskLocation="\\UNRAID\Games\BlizzDrive\BlizzardHDD.vhd" SET DiskPartScriptLocation="Location of your Diskpart Script .txt file" REM >>> SET DiskPartScriptLocation="C:\Users\USER\Dropbox\SCRIPT\BlizzMountSkript.txt" ECHO SELECT VDISK FILE=%VirtualDiskLocation% > %DiskPartScriptLocation% ECHO ATTACH VDISK >> %DiskPartScriptLocation% ECHO Mounting %VirtualDiskLocation%... DiskPart /s %DiskPartScriptLocation% sleep 20000 start "" "Location of your Battle.net Launcher.exe" REM >>> start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net Launcher.exe" exit Save as .txt file and change the extension to .bat so it will be an executable or save it directly as .bat file the "sleep 20000" is the delay until the client starts - 20000 = 2 seconds ( about 2 seconds work fine for me but your mileage may vary so you might need to adjust it slightly) STEP 3 - Making the Magic work Now just link your Battle.net launcher icon to the .bat file instead the normal launcher.exe and feel the magic. If you launch it now there will be 2 windows opening for a few seconds for the mounting purpose but they will be automatically closed. After 2s the Launcher will start and everything is ready - dont forget to change the default install location now to the new "internal" .vhd hdd and everything works like it would normally do with a normal hdd inside the pc. HAPPY GAMING! Greetings from Austria -DonFale Edit: Works like a Charm for Origin! Since Origin doesnt support Network Drives this makes the life much easier once its set up. Perfect Timing for the upcoming Blockbuster Battlefield 1!
  4. The Sound from the Stock fans is the ultimate Horror... The Stock LianLi Fans are way to loud with 30dba but i run the case with Silent Wings von bequiet so you cant hear them at all in normal office use.
  5. So one or two Month ago i asked a few Questions since its the first time for me building an Unraid setup and i was asked to post it into the Design Corner since its pretty Unique i think. Here is my Imgur Album wich also has a few Pictures of my Old PC in it wich delivered the i7 4770 for my unraid Build and the HDDs and GFX Card for my current Gaming System. The Mini TX Specs are: Gigabyte GA-H97N-Wifi Motherboard G.Skill DDR3 1600 16GB Kit Intel i7 4770 (non K) beQuiet Shadow Rock LP Cooler beQuiet 500Watt Straigh Power 10 Semi-Modular PSU 6TB WD Red Parity 2x 4TB WD Red Here also a Spec List for my normal System: Asrock Z170 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming i7 Motherboard G.Skill DDR4 2133 16GB Kot Intel i7 6700k beQuiet Shadow Rock LP Cooler beQuiet 700Watt Straigh Power 10 Semi-Modular PSU EVGA nVidia GTX 770 2GB SC (gets upgraded when Pascal arrives) 512GB Transcend SSD 5x 2TB WD Green Tell me what you think about it
  6. So... all parts are ordered and now i need to wait and another Question occured to me. is it possible to use a program on the PC to stop and shutdown the array or can you write a .bat file wich will do it for me. to be honest i will always power down the array when i shut down the PC and flip the switch on my power source and im afraid will forget to power it down correctly in the future so is there a way to safely power it down with a .bat file or script?
  7. Thanks for all the help but i have another Question i cant find an answer on. I plan to use the unraid server when i power up my main machine so i will try to use wake on LAN for the start but whats the best way to shut it down? ive read a few posts mention shuting down the VM part of it but not the array itself > is there a simple "Button" wich i can click on the webgui for example or is it even possible to safely turn off the array using the Button on the case?
  8. Do you have a link on this topic with helpfull guides? To be honest this forum is really big and overwhelming and i dont know where i can find those kind of informations. Thanks in advance
  9. Okay thanks for mentioning that unraid isnt equal to raid. i read a little bit into it and understand now how Parity works and need to readjust the parts im thinking of because i need bulk storage and the SSD would be overkill for the purpose of just backing up Data like Movies and so on. One thing i cant find anywhere (or im not searching with the correct keywords) is how the NAS will be displayed von my Computer. For example i start an Array with a 4TB Parity and 3x 2TB Backup drives, will the displayed as a 6TB Drive on my PC with Drive Letter E for example or will windows still detect them as seperate drives like E, F and G?
  10. Hey guys , its my first time here but i need your help. 2016 is here and after 4 Years i want to build myself a new PC and since 2015 was a horrible year for me and my data i need to change my plans for backup. I lost 4 HDDs in a short timespan of 3 month and it really was an awfull experience. i plan to Build my new PC in the Lian LI Desk Case when the new nvidia GPUs release and since there is space for a MINI ITX board i thought i would build a unraid setup in the same case and had a few ideas and was hoping you guys could help me with it. For the budget im not set because i thought about expanding the needed HDD Space on the go but i would want it to be under 600€ if possible for the start. But in the End i want to aim for a System with 5 HDDs(at least 2TB per drive) and 1 SSD as fast cache. Also i dont know wich Raid would be the best for my needs, everything i have can be redownloaded again so its not the end of the world if i loose data but it would take a really long time but on the other Hand i dont want to loose 50% of HDD Space for redundancy on the other hand up to 30% would be fine. Case Lian Li DK-03 LINK Parts i can reuse: Intel i7 4770 @3,4GHz /1150 LINK 120 GB Kingston SSD SH103S3120G (maybe as write cache if its not to small) LINK 2x4 GB Corsair DDR3 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 (really bulky and ugly RAM and i dont know yet if it will fit next to the CPU Cooler) LINK 850 Watts bequiet Gold PSU Parts im interested in: GA-H97N-WIFI Motherboard / 1150 ~ 130EUR LINK 2x WD Red 2 TB 5400RPM ~160EUR /7200 ~300EUR (if i pair the intellipower version with 5400RPM with an ssd cache do i get similar power to a 7200RPM array?) One Point i need to mention is i dont want to run this machine 24/7 it will only run when the main computer is also running so its like a fancy external HDD and i dont know if thats an option for unraid so it would be great if you could tell me if its even possible. i really hope you can help me. Greetings from Austria