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Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro
What is VirtualBox? So, I got bored while laundry was going... and decided to see how well a virtual OS would run on the Pro. My first choice of VM was VirtualBox, just cause I'm familiar with it a...
Well, one of the functions I thought I'd try isn't working out on a VirtualBox VM. I loaded SageTV onto the VM and the drivers for my SiliconDust network tuners, setting up the ReadyNAS as the network storage where the video was written. (Not the local VM disk)
Anyhow, with one HD stream, playback to a PlaceShifter client (on the same LAN) was very choppy. I was hoping to offload the recording function from my current SageTV machine to the NAS itself, since I don't generally do any conversions, and that could potentially let me free up a machine. But, it appears that heavy network I/O isn't handled very well with the VM.
Anyhow, with one HD stream, playback to a PlaceShifter client (on the same LAN) was very choppy. I was hoping to offload the recording function from my current SageTV machine to the NAS itself, since I don't generally do any conversions, and that could potentially let me free up a machine. But, it appears that heavy network I/O isn't handled very well with the VM.
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