Upgrade or fresh server? for Windows VM

[Tim1962]

Hi, Current stable FreeNAS server, but I want/need a windows machine. I have tried adding a Win10 VM but the performance sucks/doesn't really function at all.

Q. IS there a tweak to the current server to improve performance, (e.g. as one example, would putting VM on an single SSD help etc)

or

Q. What is the current sweet spot (incl ebay/refurb) for a home FreeNAS self build Mobo/CPU to support Win10 VM (lets assume I have other hardware already). Flexible but current budget range thoughts around 2-300UKP would get past the "finance officer" un-noticed ;-)

Current server
Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G4400 @ 3.30GHz
20Gb. ECC Ram
4*3Tb Disks

 

[sretalla]

would putting VM on an single SSD help

It won't hurt... probably will help.

Make sure you allocated at least 10GB of RAM to the VM.

Make sure you're using VirtIO network and disk drivers.

 

[Tim1962]

Thanks, SSD on order