franco101 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Hello, I was just after some advice regarding an UnRaid server that i am looking at building. Here are the base specs of the system: CPU: i5-6500 RAM: 4GB HDD: 500GB Seagate Graphics: Integrated My main question about the build it regarding the configuration of the drives. I am looking at purchasing 2x WD 8tb drives for the array, one is going to be the parity the other is going to be in the pool. I was just wondering if its worth adding an SSD as a cache drive to this setup? I am limited to only 3 SATA ports as am planning on using SFF PC. Is there any benefit of having a cache drive when only using 1 drive in the array? Also the VMs OS system drive is going host of an M.2 SSD. Do you see any issues with this setup? Thanks for your help. Francis Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 You probably want more RAM if you are planning to run multiple VMs. Quote Link to comment
franco101 Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) Forgot to mention have already ordered 16gb DDR4 Edited May 3, 2019 by franco101 Quote Link to comment
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