Need Help: Adding SSDs for Running Game Servers

[ShemBane]

Hello,

I've set up unRAID with two 2TB IronWolf drives, with one being the parity drive and the other a storage drive. Everything is working well and as expected.

 

I now want to add an SSD (either a 256GB or 1TB drive, haven't decided yet) to run game servers on (mostly Minecraft servers), though I am a bit unsure how to do so.

 

How would you suggest I add my SSDs? (I have one Samsung 1TB 870 EVO drive and another Samsung 256GB drive available for this).

 

My system's info:

• unRAID version: 6.12.11
• Two 2TB IronWolf drives (One parity, one storage)
• No cache drive
• Possibly want to add another 2TB drive in the future.

 

Any advice on integrating the SSDs into my setup and ensuring optimal performance for the game servers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[trurl]

SSDs should be in a pool outside the parity array, such as cache. And appdata, domains, system shares should be moved off the array.

 

For more detailed advice,

 

Attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread.

[ShemBane]

Hey, this is my diagnostic test:

 

supersherman-diagnostics-20240805-1605.zip

 

Also what is the reason for moving those shares off the aray? And how and where would I do that?

Edited August 5 by ShemBane
Added a few questions

[Veah]

Suggest watching this training video.

 

[trurl]

On 8/5/2024 at 9:08 AM, ShemBane said:

what is the reason for moving those shares off the aray?

For better Docker/VM performance, and so array disks can spin down since these files are always open.