I'm interested in setting up a system to store backups from my home PCs and to also serve as a KODI box.  I realize that ideally the NAS for backups should be a standalone unit.

 

I'd like to run Kodi under Windows. 

 

The home PCs that I would backup are running Windows 7 and 10. 

 

If anyone can give me their opinion I would appreciate it. Is what I want to do a mistake? If not can this be done in a reasonably straightforward manner, I'm not an expert but I can do the basics. Is there a better solution?

 

Thanks

I have a fairly new unRAID set up and do backup my Windows 10 PCs to a Backup share on the server.

I also have my music, movies, and TV shows in a Media share on the server and they all so far stream quite well to my Windows 10 HTPC.  I also have a FireTV stick on the bedroom 40" TV and media streams there fine as well.

 

My next move is to eliminate the HTPC and go to a Android TV box (like the Nvidia Shield) on the living room TV.

 

Trying to physically shrink all the machines in the house, smaller foot print is nicer in a small home and unRAID has allowed me to accomplish this. 

 

I'm interested in setting up a system to store backups from my home PCs and to also serve as a KODI box.  I realize that ideally the NAS for backups should be a standalone unit.

 

I'd like to run Kodi under Windows. 

 

The home PCs that I would backup are running Windows 7 and 10. 

 

If anyone can give me their opinion I would appreciate it. Is what I want to do a mistake? If not can this be done in a reasonably straightforward manner, I'm not an expert but I can do the basics. Is there a better solution?

 

Thanks

Setting up unRAID as a NAS is straightforward.  Getting a Windows VM up and running is harder but there's lots of help.  Getting that Windows VM to run Kodi and replace your HTPC is possible but no longer basic or straightforward.  It would involve making sure your hardware is IOMMU or VT-d capable, setting up the VM for hardware pass-through, and passing through things like the GPU, etc. into the VM.  A number of folks are doing it successfully, though, so if you're up for a challenge and some tinkering give it a whirl.