Norlig
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Hi,
I currently have a FreeNAS build with a cheapo AMD 2 core cpu and a m-ATX motherboard.
Booting it off 2x mirrored USB drives.
got 8 hard drives connected to a IT Flashed LSI 9220-8i SAS card.
In my living room I got an HTPC with a 3770K and 980ti, used for couch gaming and movies.
(My old main gaming rig)
Is there any way I can merge the FreeNAS build into my HTPC, so that I only have 1 PC running?
i.e. can I plug my 2 USBs into the HTPC, put my RAID card and hard drives in, and have FreeNAS running in a Virtual environment in for example: Hyper-V?
Or can I have Windows run as a VM in FreeNAS, but still get to use all the Horsepower of the PC without restrictions, and output on the HDMI of the Graphics card?
Thanks.
I currently have a FreeNAS build with a cheapo AMD 2 core cpu and a m-ATX motherboard.
Booting it off 2x mirrored USB drives.
got 8 hard drives connected to a IT Flashed LSI 9220-8i SAS card.
In my living room I got an HTPC with a 3770K and 980ti, used for couch gaming and movies.
(My old main gaming rig)
Is there any way I can merge the FreeNAS build into my HTPC, so that I only have 1 PC running?
i.e. can I plug my 2 USBs into the HTPC, put my RAID card and hard drives in, and have FreeNAS running in a Virtual environment in for example: Hyper-V?
Or can I have Windows run as a VM in FreeNAS, but still get to use all the Horsepower of the PC without restrictions, and output on the HDMI of the Graphics card?

Thanks.
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