March 24, 201610 yr I'm still piecing together the requirements for my unRAID build, VM's etc and one question I still have is temp storage... One of my VM's I'm looking at using is purely for downloading purposes and it will run Windows 7. As the VM will be on an SSD, I don't want to be wasting SSD space with downloads. Is it possible for me to perhaps have a 30GB Windows 7 VM on my SSD but somehow mount a separate HDD in the VM to download stuff to (I have a spare 1TB WD Blue). So maybe use the WD Blue as a "D:" drive or something like that. Or would I have to create a share on the WD Blue and attach it as a network share in Windows 7. Thanks.....
April 22, 201610 yr I haven't used unraid in a while (pre version 5) so I don't know this first hand, only form reading and researching ... but it sounds like you want a Docker and not a VM. Set up the SSD as a cache drive or pool and the download will go there first them move to the slower unRaid pool. If you really want a VM then you can just SMB mount your unRAID pool and download stuff there. Again, the cache drive will automatically kick in.
April 22, 201610 yr I'm pretty new to Unraid myself but I think what you should search for is passing through an entire harddrive -- I have seen multiple topics on the subject although I have not read any. If I am understanding correctly you want the downloads stored in the VM and not the array because otherwise it would be really simple to just map a share.
April 23, 201610 yr I'm still piecing together the requirements for my unRAID build, VM's etc and one question I still have is temp storage... One of my VM's I'm looking at using is purely for downloading purposes and it will run Windows 7. As the VM will be on an SSD, I don't want to be wasting SSD space with downloads. Is it possible for me to perhaps have a 30GB Windows 7 VM on my SSD but somehow mount a separate HDD in the VM to download stuff to (I have a spare 1TB WD Blue). So maybe use the WD Blue as a "D:" drive or something like that. Or would I have to create a share on the WD Blue and attach it as a network share in Windows 7. Thanks..... What storage do u have / plan to have? What is best depends on ur specific plan.
April 23, 201610 yr I simply use docker containers like NzbGet or Transmission and have thrm download to my cache drive. When the downloads are done they get moved to the array drives. It doesnt matter that its writing to the ssd cache drive, as modern ssds can sustain Petabytes of writes without drive longevity issues. No need to use a vm or alternate drive for downloads.
April 23, 201610 yr I simply use docker containers like NzbGet or Transmission and have thrm download to my cache drive. When the downloads are done they get moved to the array drives. It doesnt matter that its writing to the ssd cache drive, as modern ssds can sustain Petabytes of writes without drive longevity issues. No need to use a vm or alternate drive for downloads. That is actually what i was about to say. I used to think I needed 2 VM and 2 GPU. Now I think I only need 1 GPU and maybe, just maybe 2 VMs since it seems all the key stuff I need have Dockers.
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