January 9, 201412 yr Greetings I recently got my first unRAID server. At the moment I have 4TB on it (4 parity, 4 drive) and a 500GB cache drive. Other than storing content i.e. movies, songs, documents, I want to be able to use the machine as a virtualization server. My ideal setup would be to purchase thin or zero clients for upstairs (kids, wife etc.) and have all run virtual boxes that exist on the unRAID server. I found this topic but didn't know if it would be what I need to pursue http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=25715.0 Effectively I need to create X virtual boxes on the unRAID server and "tie" each of those to a zero/thin client. If this can be done, any suggestions on what I should get (the cheapest the better lol) would be more than appreciated. Thanks!!
January 10, 201412 yr Hi Niden, currently VirtualBox is the only real solution right now where UNRaid is the host OS then VirtualBox, being a type 2 hypervisor, runs on top of UNRaid between the VMs. Currently there is talks with convincing Tom to haste the development of 64-bit UNRaid and switch the underlying distro from Slackware to something else more current. If that does come around, you could essentially run KVM or Xen which is type 1 hypervisor that would be apart of the UNRaid OS opposed to sitting on top of it.
January 11, 201412 yr Check this out, you could have a virtual image stored on your Unraid server and have the remote desktop/laptop boot from that image via pxe boot (diskless workstations) http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=27234.msg239180#msg239180 http://stuffbyjeroen.blogspot.com/2011/07/using-unraid-server-to-pxe-boot.html Hope someone compiles this into a user friendly plugin
January 13, 201412 yr Hope someone compiles this into a user friendly plugin I will create a thread that walks you through it with a "sample" menu system even.
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