ChrisReeve
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Hi
I am planning on setting up a VM for torrenting (among other things). I want this VM to have access to my main pool, with at least write permissions to specific folders.
What is the best way to do this? I am planning on using Ubuntu. My current setup is just using my main computer (Windows 10), connected to the NAS via 10GbE, using SMB. This works, but I want to move this workload over to a VM. I noticed when I created VMs, that the NIC interface reports as being "only" 1Gb.
What is the best way to give a VM access to the files on my NAS? Do I just add the network drive, as I would on a physical computer connected to the same network, and if I do this, am I going to be limited to 1Gb/s speeds? Or is there another way, maybe through mount points, or similar?
Edit: Also, I am currently running one other VM (Ubuntu), which is being used for game server hosting + TeamSpeak (CS 1.6, CSGO, Terraria, Minecraft, Garrys Mod, Team Speak 3, but not necessarily all at once). Is it better to make another VM for torrenting only, than to use this VM for torrenting as well?
I am planning on setting up a VM for torrenting (among other things). I want this VM to have access to my main pool, with at least write permissions to specific folders.
What is the best way to do this? I am planning on using Ubuntu. My current setup is just using my main computer (Windows 10), connected to the NAS via 10GbE, using SMB. This works, but I want to move this workload over to a VM. I noticed when I created VMs, that the NIC interface reports as being "only" 1Gb.
What is the best way to give a VM access to the files on my NAS? Do I just add the network drive, as I would on a physical computer connected to the same network, and if I do this, am I going to be limited to 1Gb/s speeds? Or is there another way, maybe through mount points, or similar?
Edit: Also, I am currently running one other VM (Ubuntu), which is being used for game server hosting + TeamSpeak (CS 1.6, CSGO, Terraria, Minecraft, Garrys Mod, Team Speak 3, but not necessarily all at once). Is it better to make another VM for torrenting only, than to use this VM for torrenting as well?