Unraid on a virtual machine (Ubuntu KVM)?

[larson92]

Newbie question:  Is it possible to install unraid on a virtual machine?

 

My idea is to install it on a Ubuntu host machine running KVM.  The reasons are:

 

1) Ubuntu gives more flexibility for other applications running on the same hardware.

 

2) Running your OS on a flash drive is a little weird, and it causes issues with some add-on applications.

 

Please let me know if I my reasoning is okay or if I am out to lunch... :-)

 

Thanks!

[queeg]

Newbie question:  Is it possible to install unraid on a virtual machine?

 

My idea is to install it on a Ubuntu host machine running KVM.  The reasons are:

 

1) Ubuntu gives more flexibility for other applications running on the same hardware.

 

2) Running your OS on a flash drive is a little weird, and it causes issues with some add-on applications.

 

Please let me know if I my reasoning is okay or if I am out to lunch... :-)

 

Thanks!

 

It's not really going to work.  unRAID needs direct access to the hardware.  You can make an unRAID test environment in a VM but the drives are virtual.

 

It's possible to install unRAID on a full slackware distro but it's a DIY process.