UNRAID Server - Planning

[newltt]

Building a new system to replace my nas4free server.

 

I am going to move to UNRAID.

I have a requirement to run docker containers and vms.

 

New plan

 

UNRAID on this system

10GB NIC to my other ESXi servers

3 XFX Video Cards for 3 Virtual PC gaming stations

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/newmember/saved/kJKn7P

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/kHpTsZ

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 2920X 3.5 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($789.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard  ($544.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($303.50 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($303.50 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($519.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Cooler Master - Cosmos II ATX Full Tower Case  ($249.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Corsair - HX Platinum 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($249.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $2961.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-16 17:04 EDT-0400

[Electronics Wizardy]

18 minutes ago, newltt said:

3 XFX Video Cards for 3 Virtual PC gaming stations 

Id probably stay away from this if you can, its normally cheaper to just have 3 pcs and easier to setup and manage aswell.

 

18 minutes ago, newltt said:

10GB NIC to my other ESXi servers

One thing to note is unraid isn't known for being fast, so it won't be a great vm store. Id run something like proxmox if you want speed + linux kvm for vms.

 

 

[beefychicken58]

On 7/17/2019 at 6:23 AM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id probably stay away from this if you can, its normally cheaper to just have 3 pcs and easier to setup and manage aswell.

 

One thing to note is unraid isn't known for being fast, so it won't be a great vm store. Id run something like proxmox if you want speed + linux kvm for vms.

 

 

I can's speak to the speed of unraid vs proxmox, but I do get close to my bare-metal speeds on it, and I am running three virtual machines with three GPUs passed through, two of which are for Windows gaming. The price was substantially lower than three separate PCs as I just needed the memory and GPUs.

The Windows gaming VMs have 12GB ram and 4 allocated cores/threads. The ONLY issue I have so far has to do with passing through Nvidia cards to Windows, which interferes with Hyper-V, meaning I can't do nested virtualization (at least as far as I can tell).

 

Using parsec, I can have others playing/gaming while I work on the third VM. NIce, cheap, and worth the learning experience.