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(2013-07-28, 08:07)Netix Wrote: If i get that correctly, could I use Zen on my Windows 7 pc to run UNRAID on the internal hdd that are in my windows pc ?
(2013-08-26, 18:17)bash Wrote: How are you finding the performance of XBMC, I have toyed with the idea of building a high end box and using it for both unraid storage and also XBMC via Xen.
In your opinion would I be better off going with a Intel CPU with on die GPU or getting a Xeon with a discrete card for xbmc?
My Ideal setup would be:
Arch/Xen
VM>unraid
VM>OpenElec
(2013-08-26, 20:49)Dezz Wrote:(2013-08-26, 18:17)bash Wrote: How are you finding the performance of XBMC, I have toyed with the idea of building a high end box and using it for both unraid storage and also XBMC via Xen.
In your opinion would I be better off going with a Intel CPU with on die GPU or getting a Xeon with a discrete card for xbmc?
My Ideal setup would be:
Arch/Xen
VM>unraid
VM>OpenElec
The performance of XBMC has been excellent.
It's possible to passthrough an on die GPU to a XBMC VM, but would mean the Arch/Xen host and Unraid VM would be headless. You would need a seperate client to console into the host and Unraid VM.
If you only want a single GPU, you could possibly use Windows or Linux as the underlying OS for your XBMC VM and possibly use that VM as the client.
I'm using a Xeon chip with a HD4000 GPU (for the Linux host) and a discrete ATI card (for XBMC).
If you are going to use a Intel CPU and Xen PCI passthrough, make sure both the CPU and mainboard support VT-d.
(2013-11-19, 14:46)johnodon Wrote: 2. If I am able to jam 4 just-good-enough vid cards into this MB, do you think I could actually stream 1080p content through all 4 at the same time?
John
(2013-11-21, 00:54)prae5 Wrote:(2013-11-19, 14:46)johnodon Wrote: 2. If I am able to jam 4 just-good-enough vid cards into this MB, do you think I could actually stream 1080p content through all 4 at the same time?
John
Any reason for you not doing it in esxi? I've passed video cards through esxi with openelec and it worked fine in the past.
(2013-11-21, 04:15)johnodon Wrote:(2013-11-21, 00:54)prae5 Wrote:(2013-11-19, 14:46)johnodon Wrote: 2. If I am able to jam 4 just-good-enough vid cards into this MB, do you think I could actually stream 1080p content through all 4 at the same time?
John
Any reason for you not doing it in esxi? I've passed video cards through esxi with openelec and it worked fine in the past.
I guess the main reason would be that USB pass through is still fubar'd in esxi 5.5. This could be a factor depending on what I decide to do for remote/kb/mouse, etc.
The other reason is that I actually did try but failed miserably. I was able to pass through the vid card as a PCI device but could not get the vim to use it as the primary display device. I was unable to remove the default one (not sure if I should be able or want to do that). Any guidance would be appreciated.
John