russdyer77

I want my next Unraid build to have the ability for 2 gaming VMs with great performance, and I'm trying to decide which CPU to go with. I have a GTX 1070 (me) and a GTX 1060 (kids). Will I be better off with more cores (Threadripper 1920x or 1950x) or more speed with less cores (Intel 9900k)? Would my gaming experience suffer using on 2-3 physical cores (4-6 HT cores) per VM if using the 9900k? (leaving me with 2 cores to run dockers/pfsense?) or use Threadripper and give out 4-5 physical (8-10 HT cores) per VM? does anybody know of a synthetic benchmark for processors where amount of cores can be adjusted so I could figure this out?

So just to clarify as a general principle - if using a 9900k & I purchased a ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO mb as an example: the top two x16 slots would use reduced bandwidth (from 16 to 8 ) if I populated with two GPUs & the remaining SAS and networking cards would run off the mb's lanes? I don't plan to run NVME drives, so this probably wouldn't be a concern. But if I'm concerned about getting GPUs to use full bandwidth, I may need to consider the Intel X or Threadripper lines?

I'm thinking of upgrading my Unraid box and want the ability to support x2 gaming VMs - I was thinking about either the 2700x or the 9900k as they are both 8 core/16 thread. I saw the 2700x only has 20 PCI express lanes and the 9900k only has 16. I also have a few expansion cards (x8 SAS card, x1 Network card) and wanted to drop in x2 GPUs (1070 and 1060). Would I even have to option to support x2 GPUs (1070 & 1060) plus the x8 and x1 cards with either of these CPUs? I've never really understood if PCI expansion slots are determined by the CPU or the MB?

rolling back around to this as I don't want to rip apart walls to run more cables - would it be possible to use Apple's Thunderbolt-to-LAN adapter on both ends to run over a CAT5e connection? server - Thunderbolt expansion card, Thunderbolt-to-LAN adapter, CAT5e upstairs - CAT5e, Thunderbolt-to-LAN adapter, plugged into Thunderbolt dock

Thank you so much!

Using the following in a Win10 VM and I'm getting very chopping video & distorted sound: i5-4690k (using cores 2,3,4) GTX 1060 6GB GPU 500GB SSD as the vDisk When just running a youtube video, I'm getting slow video & very distorted audio - yet the CPU cores only seem to be using 50%. Am I missing something that would cause this or is my CPU just too low-powered? I installed the latest GTX 1060 drivers, so trying to determine if this is a problem with my CPU or GPU.

I was worried I'd need to find each individual file on the array, delete, run the mover. As long as I can copy/paste, that'll works great. Thank you for the help.

Looking through that thread seems to suggest that I need to delete all duplicate files off the array before running the mover again? This would take forever to accomplish manually? I'm assuming that if the mover has completed, and anything remaining on the cache drive is just because there is a duplicate on the array - that all files needed are now on the array & I can safely remove the cache drive?

A few weeks ago, I added a 500gb cache drive - shares/appdata, shares/domains, shares/system had "cache drive" = prefer. I now want to remove the cache drive and dedicate to use in a Win10 VM. I changed shares/appdata, shares/domains, shares/system to "cache drive" = yes & ran the mover overnight. I woke up this morning and the "appdata" folder is still residing on a mix of the cache/array. I stopped the docker service, re-ran the mover, and "appdata" is still a mix of cache/array. I can't seem to get it fully moved off the cache drive. I also noticed that at some point, a new "user0" folder with appdata folders was created in my array (I'm guessing this happened when the docker service was still running while running the mover)? Does anybody know if I've done the correct procedure? What can I do to move appdata folders off the cache drive? Do I (should I) manually copy/paste files from the cache drive to the array? Should I do anything with the "user0" folder?

thanks for the help!

I have an Unraid server in the basement - if I install multiple GPU's, what is the best way to pass USB/video to multiple VMs throughout the house? long HDMI/USB cables? linuxtechtips used long Thunderbolt3 cables, Thunderbolt docks, Thunderbolt expansion cards here (but I can't seem to find long TB cables unless spending $500?)

Getting the SAB error: socket.error: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer Using Mylar & Sab, getting the following error when trying to use post-processing script: Loading config from /config/scripts/autoProcessComics.cfg File "/config/scripts/ComicRN.py", line 22, in <module> sys.exit(autoProcessComics.processIssue(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[3], sys.argv[7], comicrn_version=comicrn_version)) File "/config/scripts/autoProcessComics.py", line 90, in processIssue result = urlObj.readlines() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 519, in readlines line = self.readline() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 434, in readline data = recv(1) socket.error: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer Previously, I was getting an error: /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory But fixed in prior comments to change from #!/usr/bin/env python to #!/user/bin/env python2 in the ComicRN.py file Thanks, Russ

Ok, I noticed that typing "which python" says python is located in /usr/bin, so I'm assuming the script is correct when it starts with the line #!/usr/bin/env python. But when I try to run the script file in SAB, the error is Yet the Sab log file doesn't show any errors:

Trying to run the mylar post-process script, sab says: /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory The script uses #!/usr/bin/env python if SSH, I get: /usr/bin# /usr/bin/env python /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory When looking at directory structure, it appears "env" is a shortcut? /usr/bin/env@

in the gui, I'm getting: