SirGwain

Thanks for the replies everyone. @bubbaQ or @ashman70: Got the model numbers for those Arecas handy? -Doug

SR, Ooh! This looks promising. Have you tried doing this via a VM installed on unRAID and playing on a remote machine? How'd it work? Thanks, -SG

Greetings unRAID forum, Background: My previous experience with assigning GPUs to a VM is in the Citrix world. During a bench test, we attempted to assign a GPU to a XenServer hosted VM running Windows, installed a few games, and then presented them via XenApp. When we fired up the games, it recognized that we were trying to play remotely as the Citrix ICA client runs over MS RDP. It then denied us gaming joy. Question: I'm assuming remote access to unRAID created Windows VMs will either be via RDP or VNC. This would mean that games that are coded to not allow remote gameplay will not work in the unRAID config either. Unless I'm way off base. Can someone shed some light onto if gaming on a remote system is possible with unRAID. What configs am I not reading that allow this? Thanks everyone, -SG

Greetings unRAID forum, As a soon to be former server admin, I've had years to play with all kinds of fun devices, softwares, and configs. Well, as of tomorrow, I'll no longer have access to the readily available enterprise test licenses for my home data center playground. *sigh* So, I've begun looking for free/affordable alternatives some of my trusty apps. In looking into unRAID, I like the all-in-one management but it seems some of my hardware I've accumulated won't be accessible. My last shop was an HP shop that turned big blue (IBM). So, a number of lightly used HP DL's and a very nice HP MSA2324sa (DAS connection via SAS controller HP AJ808A) came into my possession. First thing I read, was that the HP Smart Array RAID cards won't work. Not a problem. I've already checking with another sys admin friend of mine who has a few M1015s sitting around. He's even tried the LSI flashing successfully. So, we've got that taken care of, but in some initial testing the storage shelf (MSA) isn't recognized. I configured a test vdisk and made sure the bios was able to see it, but once unRAID boots, it's not available for assignment. Bummer! So, now that I've shared all that with you, let's get to the question. Why no RAID card or MSA support? I'm curious. What's the technical reasoning behind the inability to present a raided set of disks to unRAID as a single drive for assignment? I've read plenty of posts saying you can't, but none that really get into the dirty "why" details. Just looking for some education. Thanks to whoever reaches out, -SG