November 9, 20214 yr Hey guys, i'm planning my first massive overhaul of my small Unraid Server and in the process want it to merge with my Gaming Rig. The Server should be used for this (daily) tasks: Spoiler Pure Gaming VM Linux or Windows VM for Daily Tasks Developement VM for my Dev Tasks Additional VM's for different Stuff, but only started on Demand Smart Home Server with Home Assistant or ioBroker Jellyfin Server Encoding Media Files Multiple Game Server Web/Database Server for Personal Projects Data Grave for me and my Family Additional Docker Container for different Tasks Planned Hardware for this: Spoiler AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper Pro 3975WX Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 Asus Pro WS WRX80E-Sage SE WiFi or GIGABYTE WRX80-SU8-IPMI or Supermicro MBD-M12SWA-TF-O Kingston DIMM 32 GB DDR4-3200 ECC REG, Arbeitsspeicher (KSM32RD8/32HAR) x8 Seagate Exos X X18 ST18000NM000J 18000GB x8 WD Red SA500 1TB NAS SATA SSD (Docker and Cache) x4 WD Red SN700 4TB NVMe SSD (Main Gaming VM) WD Red SN700 2TB NVMe SSD (other VM's) x2 Broadcom 9305-24i HBA 24-Port SAS/SATA 12G or another Inter-Tech Case IPC 4HU-4424 Storage Case Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 120x120x25mm 750-3000 U/min 43.5 dB(A) Noctua NF-A8 PWM 80x80x25mm 2200 U/min 17.7 dB(A) be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W And some Custom Length Cables from Cable Mod for a better Cable Cleanup in the Case. *3x Graphics Card (Gaming/Desktop/Unraid+Encoding) are reused from my old Server/Gaming Rig The Reason for posting my config is that i'm pretty new the Server/Workstation Components World and maybe have done some missthinking which r unknown to me atm. For me it looks good on paper, but maybe some of u have already practical knowledge (positive or negative) with some of components with Unraid or in general. What is your Opinion on my Configuration. Thanks in advance
November 9, 20214 yr It should do the trick. No Watercooling for the CPU? I'd probably go with the Supermicro or Asus as 2nd option. I'd use the 4 M.2 on the Supermicro for a 4x512GB, or 4x1TB Cache Raid 1+0 and add a 4x M.2 Risercard and add 4x2 - 4 TB NVMEs for the VMs, depending on your needs. PNY XLR8 CS3140 2TB For example, which could also serve as great fast cache drive. Edited November 9, 20214 yr by doesntaffect
November 9, 20214 yr Author 10 hours ago, doesntaffect said: It should do the trick. No Watercooling for the CPU? I'd probably go with the Supermicro or Asus as 2nd option. I'd use the 4 M.2 on the Supermicro for a 4x512GB, or 4x1TB Cache Raid 1+0 and add a 4x M.2 Risercard and add 4x2 - 4 TB NVMEs for the VMs, depending on your needs. PNY XLR8 CS3140 2TB For example, which could also serve as great fast cache drive. Cooling is not final, but yes i wanted to prefer Air Cooling. Yeah i've looked closer into Supermicro overall and the Board specific. I think i'll take the Supermicro, cause it fits my needs. Will take this M.2 config on the radar, have to see if i have a spare Slot for a Riser Card. Also put the PNY on my Radar, looks promising Specwise. Thx
February 26, 20224 yr For the passthrough is it still a thing that AMD is harder to work with for a gaming VM in unraid or is threadripper easy to passthrough?? What kinds of GPUs did you slot in the board or plan on slotting?
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