![]() Unassigned Device 2 (presently unused): Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 2280 Nvme Unassigned Device 1 (passed through to VM): SP 1TB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Parity Drive: 1 x 6 TB Toshiba Enterprise 3.5’’ SATA MG04ACA600Eĭata Drives: 5 x 6 TB Toshiba Enterprise 3.5’’ SATA MG04ACA600EĬache Drive 1 : SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVMeĬache Drive 2: SP 1TB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Graphics Card: EVGA 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Tiįans: Stock case fans + 2 x APEVIA CO212L-BL Cosmos 120mm Orange LED Ultra Silent Case Fans, 2 x Intel Corp BXTS13A Thermal Solution (CPU Fans)Įxtras: PCIe x1 to 19 Pin USB 3.0 Header, 2 x M.2 NVME to PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter, various Molex Splitters/Adapters, Blank Tray Storage Box Drawer for 5.25" Bay Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart 700W 80 PLUS RAM: 192 GB DDR4 2400 (6 x 32GB SK Hynix DDR4 PC4-2400T DDR4 ECC Server RAM)Ĭase: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower with Window Case PH-ES614P_BK OS at time of building: Unraid 6.9.2 OS PlusĬPU: 2 x Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2609 v4 GHz To keep costs down, I kept the dual CPUs from the Dell and the 192GB of RAM and moved it all into a new case, new motherboard, and upgraded some of the hard drives. After running Unraid on the Dell T430 for a few months, I was able to better identify what my needs and wants were for this server, so I bought some additional components and upgraded/refreshed the system which brings me to my current build. I noticed better disk performance in the Unraid array right away, so I started adding docker images and building up my media stack and shares to add functionality beyond being just that of a normal backup and virtualization server. At this point I needed Unraid to primarily host my VMs, store backup data and recovery images for all of the computers on my network. ![]() I installed Unraid 6.9.2 and started creating the setup that I had envisioned. Eventually I started storing the VMs on an SSD and backing them up to the HDD, but I wanted the freedom to mix and match hard drives to expand when needed, so I decided to install Unraid to see how I liked it. Disk performance on the Dell T430 was poor because of an unbearably slow RAID controller, but it had tons of RAM and I tried to keep everything running in RAM when possible. ![]() I used several different VMs because I like to tinker with Windows and Linux and quickly be able to fire up new instances, test them, and later destroy them. The primary role of this server was Hyper-V, and I had some SMB shares which I used to store backup data on my network. My original server was running Windows Server 2019 DataCenter in core mode (no GUI) on a Dell PowerEdge T430 server which I had purchased from eBay. While preparing to make the switch, I read through the "Fun Things to do with Unraid during quarantine" post on Reddit at ( I discovered Unraid a couple of years ago while looking for an alternative to my Windows Hyper-V server. Goliath is a planned rebuild/upgrade of my first Unraid server. ![]()
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