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I am planning to redo my home network and servers. I got the networking gear (cisco) and the hardware for the servers (mostly). I need to figure out what operating system will be the best option for me. 

 

I need to be able to access the nas from Windows and phones (both main OS's).

I need to be able to run multiple VM's on it.

Would like to be able to add more storage as time goes on without much hassle. 

 

 

I was looking at unRAID and freeNas but neither seem to support VM's.

 

Options for me? I know I could do it with Linux and use webmin for easy configuration but rather not do it that way if I can. 

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unRAID is pretty nice, and does support VMs. I'd recommend that for an all around server.

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i7 6700k || GTX 1070 || Asus Z170 RGB || C.M. Hyper 212 EVO || 16GB RAM || 256GB NVMe SSD || 500GB SATA SSD || 12TB total HDD || Define R5 Blackout || 850W PSU

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2 minutes ago, njmyers3 said:

unRAID is pretty nice, and does support VMs. I'd recommend that for an all around server.

Where on their site does it mention vm's? I looked but must have missed it.

I found it stupid me only went from google not checking out the whole site

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