Inquiries regarding unraid with dual GPUs for running Linux and Windows simultaneously.
Inquiries regarding unraid with dual GPUs for running Linux and Windows simultaneously.
Previously, I upgraded my setup with an Intel I5 9600k and a 1060, plus 16GB of RAM. Now I’m exploring Linux after installing it on my new hardware, using the old 9600 from my previous machine. I’m curious if I can run both Linux and Windows simultaneously with Unraid, and whether that’s feasible since Unraid isn’t free. I also want to know if mixing two OSes causes issues like increased latency or instability. Additionally, I’m interested in the performance impact of running two systems together—especially beyond just dividing the cores. My goals are gaming and video editing, though I suspect the extra cores won’t be ideal for editing.
WHy unraid? Any linux distro will do this fine, try fedora, or ubuntu or debian. Yea there is some overhead, and its a lot more diffcult to troubleshoot if something goes wrong. What are you doing in linux? Why not just make a vm in windows to run it. You can also share cores between vms so they can both use the full cores if needed.
I'm beginning a tutorial that outlines the steps for this task on Ubuntu 19.10. The tools are all free. A comprehensive manual on how to accomplish this yourself is available here. This resource relies on PopOS, which can be used instead of Ubuntu if preferred. You'll need to meet certain hardware requirements, such as NVIDIA not allowing GPUs from their desktop series to be run in virtual machines. You may need to perform some workarounds or tricks to ensure it appears as though the system isn't inside a VM. Even then, results aren't always certain.