Hello, can unraid do this?

 

1 os that has my code development stuff

2nd os that has gaming

3ord os that has gaming too so i can sometimes play with my friends from the same computer

4rd os music etc and so on, couple of storage hdds

 

 

Im thinking ryzen 3950x ,x570 taichi board, dual 1080ti gpus

 

-I understand unraid runs somekinda server on background where the magical choosing of os happens? How do i access that? Do i need a physical kvm switch to get back into it?

-I think 3950x doesnt have integrated gpu so would i need one for the server? That would mean three gpus i wonder if i have pcie lanes for that

-Do i need somekinda usb pcie card for the second gaming setup to have usb ports?

-Will i be running into lot of configurating or things not working strangely?, i know my way around win7 iam planning to run those. If i run into strange bugs from the that takes days to fix its propably not worth it

-Anything else im not taking into account?

 

Thanks a lot if anyone has time to help me out

 

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 20205 yr by Johnsson

unRAID is designed to be a NAS - Network Attached Storage - capable of handling anywhere from 1 data drive to 20+ data drives, parity drive(s) for data protection (but still maintain backups!), and Cache drives for enhanced write speed. Your spec'd needs of "couple of storage HDDs" is well within the capabilities of unRAID.

 

unRAID will support running multiple virtual machines (VMs), and that appears to be your primary goal - one physical box to work as several virtual computers to support different needs. I've dabbled a bit with VMs (one Mac OSx VM and one Win10 VM), so yes, it's possible, but no, I'm nowhere near the expert on it. In the main forum menu, under "Application Support" there are two entire sub-fora dedicated to VM support - I'd suggest you browse those sections to see what's possible and what sort of issues people run into. Under "Community" there is a "Guides" forum that contains a section dedicated to VMs as well. There are also a wide variety of YouTube videos produced by Lime Tech, SpaceinvaderOne (a user), and others on all sorts of configuration topics including setting up VMs.

 

I don't know the hardware side of things well enough to address your particular choices, but I'd imagine that some reading in the fora noted above and watching some of those videos will give you most of the answers you're after.

 

TL:DR; Yes, unRAID will do what you're after. I've run my 2 VMs on significantly less hardware, though I'll admit it's not nearly as satisfactory a situation as I'd have liked.