Hi, I've long been running two Hyper-V servers for all my needs.
I wanted to switch to docker for my utility services, but I find that docker on W2K16 is still just too many hoops, and docker on Ubuntu server on Hyper-V sucks up tons of memory (at least I don't yet know how to get docker to not use 2GB per container in Hyper-V).
My primary server has 60TB of data, backed by RAID6 on an Adaptec 81605ZQ, and the raw volume is mounted in a Hyper-V W2K16 NTFS volume serving as a file server.
This network storage volume is used by Plex (also running on a W2K16 VM) and my Milestone XProtect NVR (also running on a W2K16 VM), plus a few other VM's.
I have no intention of risking this data by migrating it anywhere else, maybe one day when a replacement is required, but for the foreseeable future Adaptec hardware RAID plus Windows Server and Hyper-V it is.
My secondary server is also W2K16 Hyper-V, and this is where I run all sorts of things I like to test.
I considered switching this box to Ubuntu Server, but frankly, I'm no good at all CLI, and this is where I'm considering something like unraid, not for the storage function, but for the utility function.
Other than storage differences, both servers are Xeon E3 32GB Supermicro chassis.
A few pertinent questions:
1) Is there a way to install unraid in Hyper-V, I want to test it out before I blow away a fully functional server.
2) Given that my primary storage server will still be W2K16 over SMB3, can I mount the shares in unraid over CIFS and make the data available to e.g. Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Sabnzbd running on unraid?
3) Does unraid support the Adaptec 81605ZQ and 7805Q RAID cards with configured volumes, not JBOD, and can I install the Adaptec Storage Manager tools in unraid to manage the hardware RAID volumes?
4) Are there any any other important things I should consider?
Thank you