Jamie wrote: ↑Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:27 pm
Thank you Manni for posting this video. I will need it when I install my windows 10 VM on my unraid server. Right now I am waiting to get another 16 GB of ram to boost the server to 32 GB. I will allocate 16 GB to the windows 10 vm. Anything you guys post here will be appreciated. Merry Christmas everyone.
Jamie
Hi Jamie,
You're welcome, glad you found the link useful. I hope you had a nice Xmas!
The content of my surviving QNAP NAS has been successfully copied to the Unraid server. The VM works very well, I can now save my MyMovies metadata in a local share which makes it a lot faster than when saving over the network.
I've also decided that I might try to use this VM for calibration duty, as it could run my calibration software and be connected to my
I've moved the array from the dead QNAP to the surviving QNAP, and all my data is back on line. Yay!
I've "pre-cleared" 2 more 4TB drivers that I was planning to use as parity, just to give them a work-out (it took 43 hours, which feels a bit excessive for 4TB drives!), but I suddenly realised that it might be a better idea to keep them as extra data/semi-hot spares. I might instead add 6TB parity drives, which means I could add 6tb drives as well if I need more data in that array. I noticed that the read speed during the pre-clear was only 60MB/s, which feels a bit slow. I hope it's because of the process itself.
I'm waiting for the new SAS controller (LSI 9201-16i) to arrive before adding the parity drives (I still have the QNAP array as a backup if everything goes wrong).
I also plan to install the 1TB SSD as a cache, once I'm sure I won't need to boot into Windows to update the new controller f/w.
Once that's done, I'll start building my "proper" Unraid server, with a 9305-24i (I found one for around £360 new, which isn't too bad), and the new 24-bay case, as well as my minimalist MB (2500K/8GB RAM). This one won't run any VM/Docker, so it should be fine. It's the one that will be upgraded when I replace my AMD Ryzen MB.
I'm waiting to hear from Paul about the best way to setup MyMovies/CCC from the VM. I guess he's busy at the moment...
Best,
Manni