MightEMatt

Latest update broke automatic torrent management. Ive deleted image and config and reinstalled several times. Default torrent management mode changed to automatic on every reinstall. 3 folders for watch (monitored), incomplete (keep incomplete in), and complete (default save path). All torrents are added without fail in manual mode and end up getting downloaded and seeded from the watch folder. As soon as I right click on the individual torrent and check the automatic management box, it immediately gets moved to the correct folder and works as it should.

Well as long as you have the appropriate hardware, it should work absolutely fine with virtually no performance loss compared to bare metal. I'd check gridrunner's Win10 VM guide and maybe some other VM setup videos on his youtube channel if you get lost. He has a pretty comprehensive list of videos and they're very easy to follow.

A VM (Virtual Machine) by definition requires a host OS. Theres no reason not to use unraid as opposed to some other host OS. What are you planning on doing on this VM?

Yes. The host OS, in this case Unraid, boots directly onto your hardware and does not depend on your VMs. Once booted up, it will automatically (if checked to do so) start your VMs up, which can then be accessed however you see fit. Unraid continues to operate as normal whether the VMs are running or not. Your VMs on the other hand do rely on unraid running. So if you stop the array, any VMs hosted on that array will stop. The VMs also cannot run if the host OS (unraid) doesnt start.

And yes, once the VM is set up and running, the host OS (unraid) will continue to function as usual while you are using the VM.

With unraid as the primary OS, you can't install a VM or initialize user shares until you format the array disks.

Is the included script working correctly? It appears to be running entirely on the first thread, and maxes it out at that. It can only clear at 60MB/s thanks to the CPU limit, which is presumably less than a third of the drive's capabilities. Are the older scripts working any better?

I use an Intel S2600CP4. It's an EEB board so the fitment is important, but it's been a pleasure to work with. Honestly any board from a reputable brand that meets your expansion requirements would probably be fine. Prices (at least in my region) appear to have increased significantly since I bought my board so I'd probably jump on the cheapest board I could find.

As long as you remember the drive assignments you should be able to get the array and shares all back online with a new config on a new USB stick. That's assuming none of the data was corrupted on write. If the flash drive can be read at all you can try to get the config off of it. If not you'll have to either go to a backup of the config if you made one, or reconfigure a new flash drive. Edit: If you're forced to go new config don't assign the parity drive until you're sure which drives are which. If you assign the wrong drive as parity it'll begin the rebuild and break all the data on the drive.