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unRAID - JRiver on a VM - easiest way?

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mattkhan:

--- Quote from: pepar on April 13, 2017, 06:25:29 am ---@astromo, @mattkhan - Does JRiver need to run on my unRAID server or not for it to serve my media to my JRiver clients?  Or is it optional with benefits for doing so?  I need to get this answered before I dive deeper into virtual machines.

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no, it doesn't need to run on the same box as unraid, this is just a convenient way to use a box that is already on 24/7

fwiw I use my main HTPC as the library server which has unraid user shares mounted as network drives. I leave this on 24/7 and have various machines as clients of that library server. One of those instances happens to run in a vm on the unraid box but that's purely because that server happens to be located near the relevant audio device so it is convenient to do so. If I were starting from scratch now, I would consider running the HTPC as a windows VM in unraid rather than a separate box (but I probably still leave them separate to avoid having one machine going down taking everything out).

pepar:
Thank you! The big picture of how JRiver works and how it could be used in my scenario is becoming clearer.

Follow-up: Is there a benefit from running JRiver 24/7 other than it is ready to be used any time a user desires? 

pepar:
I remember what got me to this line of question: For me to have a single library database, I need to have the database on the media file server?  And, if so, I need to run Media Server/Media Network on the file server?  If yes and yes, then I need to continue looking at setting up the virtual machine in unRAID.

Jeff

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