February 4, 20179 yr I'm currently running Windows Server, virtualizing several things, but I really like what I am seeing with unRAID, so I'm getting ready to set things up. My question is pertaining to the drives I have: 3x 4TB 7200RPM 1x 250GB SSD 1x 60GB SSD 1x 160GB SSD (SATA2) Okay, so obviously the three 4TB drives will be set up as an 8TB array with a parity drive. I'm guessing I'll do probably the 250GB SSD as the cache drive. Is there something I can do with the other SSD's? I'd like to run a Windows Server 2012r2 (for learning/experimenting with stuff for work) and a Server 2016 (for certification studies). Previously I've been dedicating the SSD's to certain VM's, but is something like that even possible with unRAID? Or is doing that even worth it? I've read documentation and watched several YouTube videos, but haven't seen anything specifically about that. I'd appreciate any guidance. If the smaller/older SSD's won't really be useful I could always install them in my kids' computers, so no big deal. I don't HAVE to use them in the server, but if they will be useful, I will. Thanks!
February 4, 20179 yr Personally, I'd just use the smaller SSDs for other purposes -- they're so small and SSDs are so inexpensive these days they aren't worth the bother. You COULD install all 3 SSDs as a cache pool to provide fault tolerance for your cache, but I'd be much more inclined to buy another 250GB SSD and use 2 SSDs for that purpose, which would also save a SATA port for additional drives.
February 4, 20179 yr Community Expert Another possibility for the smaller SSD's is to dedicate them to specific VMs and mounted via the 'Unassigned Devices' plugin.
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