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CPU and Memory Assignment

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Hi, i am currently in the process of setting up my first unRaid setup, but i am a bit unsure about the CPU assignement.

 

I wish to run 4 docker images

  • PlexServer
  • NzbGet
  • Couchpotato
  • Sonarr

Besides this do i wish run run a windows VM.

 

I have a i5 and 16GB ram in the machine, if i assign all 4 CPU's and RAM to the Windows VM will the docker containers still be able to run? (Will they share with the VM?)

 

Also a second question, do i need 2 graphs cards (when there are no on-board graphics) to be able to run the VM? right now when i start the Windows VM do i the monitor just go blank.

Hi, i am currently in the process of setting up my first unRaid setup, but i am a bit unsure about the CPU assignement.

 

I wish to run 4 docker images

  • PlexServer
  • NzbGet
  • Couchpotato
  • Sonarr

Besides this do i wish run run a windows VM.

 

I have a i5 and 16GB ram in the machine, if i assign all 4 CPU's and RAM to the Windows VM will the docker containers still be able to run? (Will they share with the VM?)

 

Also a second question, do i need 2 graphs cards (when there are no on-board graphics) to be able to run the VM? right now when i start the Windows VM do i the monitor just go blank.

Docker containers will utilize all the cores that are available to unRaid as a whole.  (ie: every core unless you specifically disallow unRaid from using them)  So the answer is yes.

 

More advanced docker setup:

 

If transcoding via Plex however is very important to you, then I would set nzbget to NOT use all of the available cores, so that while its unpacking and parchecking it will not interfere with Plex's rather high requirements for transcoding.  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492111#msg492111  and  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492112#msg492112

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Hi, i am currently in the process of setting up my first unRaid setup, but i am a bit unsure about the CPU assignement.

 

I wish to run 4 docker images

  • PlexServer
  • NzbGet
  • Couchpotato
  • Sonarr

Besides this do i wish run run a windows VM.

 

I have a i5 and 16GB ram in the machine, if i assign all 4 CPU's and RAM to the Windows VM will the docker containers still be able to run? (Will they share with the VM?)

 

Also a second question, do i need 2 graphs cards (when there are no on-board graphics) to be able to run the VM? right now when i start the Windows VM do i the monitor just go blank.

Docker containers will utilize all the cores that are available to unRaid as a whole.  (ie: every core unless you specifically disallow unRaid from using them)  So the answer is yes.

 

More advanced docker setup:

 

If transcoding via Plex however is very important to you, then I would set nzbget to NOT use all of the available cores, so that while its unpacking and parchecking it will not interfere with Plex's rather high requirements for transcoding.  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492111#msg492111  and  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492112#msg492112

 

Thanks for the tip, btw love your avatar :P

 

Just to make sure i understood, if i select all 4 cores for the VM, will this mean that i disallow unRaid from using them? or is this another setting?

Hi, i am currently in the process of setting up my first unRaid setup, but i am a bit unsure about the CPU assignement.

 

I wish to run 4 docker images

  • PlexServer
  • NzbGet
  • Couchpotato
  • Sonarr

Besides this do i wish run run a windows VM.

 

I have a i5 and 16GB ram in the machine, if i assign all 4 CPU's and RAM to the Windows VM will the docker containers still be able to run? (Will they share with the VM?)

 

Also a second question, do i need 2 graphs cards (when there are no on-board graphics) to be able to run the VM? right now when i start the Windows VM do i the monitor just go blank.

Docker containers will utilize all the cores that are available to unRaid as a whole.  (ie: every core unless you specifically disallow unRaid from using them)  So the answer is yes.

 

More advanced docker setup:

 

If transcoding via Plex however is very important to you, then I would set nzbget to NOT use all of the available cores, so that while its unpacking and parchecking it will not interfere with Plex's rather high requirements for transcoding.  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492111#msg492111  and  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492112#msg492112

 

Thanks for the tip, btw love your avatar :P

 

Just to make sure i understood, if i select all 4 cores for the VM, will this mean that i disallow unRaid from using them? or is this another setting?

I'm not the VM guy around here, but by default unRaid / docker has access to all of the cores, and then the cores that you select for each VM is shared with unRaid / docker.

 

To stop unRaid from itself having access to cores (ie: set the VMs to have exclusive access to certain cores), you isolate the cores you don't want unRaid to use at boot time.  See Here

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Hi, i am currently in the process of setting up my first unRaid setup, but i am a bit unsure about the CPU assignement.

 

I wish to run 4 docker images

  • PlexServer
  • NzbGet
  • Couchpotato
  • Sonarr

Besides this do i wish run run a windows VM.

 

I have a i5 and 16GB ram in the machine, if i assign all 4 CPU's and RAM to the Windows VM will the docker containers still be able to run? (Will they share with the VM?)

 

Also a second question, do i need 2 graphs cards (when there are no on-board graphics) to be able to run the VM? right now when i start the Windows VM do i the monitor just go blank.

Docker containers will utilize all the cores that are available to unRaid as a whole.  (ie: every core unless you specifically disallow unRaid from using them)  So the answer is yes.

 

More advanced docker setup:

 

If transcoding via Plex however is very important to you, then I would set nzbget to NOT use all of the available cores, so that while its unpacking and parchecking it will not interfere with Plex's rather high requirements for transcoding.  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492111#msg492111  and  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg492112#msg492112

 

Thanks for the tip, btw love your avatar :P

 

Just to make sure i understood, if i select all 4 cores for the VM, will this mean that i disallow unRaid from using them? or is this another setting?

I'm not the VM guy around here, but by default unRaid / docker has access to all of the cores, and then the cores that you select for each VM is shared with unRaid / docker.

 

To stop unRaid from itself having access to cores (ie: set the VMs to have exclusive access to certain cores), you isolate the cores you don't want unRaid to use at boot time.  See Here

 

Ok thanks for the quick anwsers!

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