best NAS Solution to run as a VM ?

[Randall8686]

So im looking to thin down the hardware in my "games Room" as its getting rather full. I was to take out a synology and a N54L as they are not really needed any more. However i will need a nas solution for sharing files with friends and family and also supplying DLNA media around the house. So i want to run somthing on my Xeon based server, ideally i dont want anything too CPU hungry and well ram it can have what it needs. So what do you all use/feel is the best toption for a "VM" ? I have run Xpenology as a VM on my N54L but worried about the loosing data thing as its all stored in its funky SHR raid config. is there a safe way of running the xpenology software where i can recover data if it all goes T1ts up. also should i raid the drives or let the xpenology do its own raid ?

OR is there a better solution ? Freenas ? But i have heard this is not great as a VM

all ideas welcome.

 

[Randall8686]

Interesting, so do i need to set the drives up as virtual drives to the whole volume for dsm? Or not use virtual drives ? Just trying to work out the best config for dsm, looking at all the other suggestions too. Some really interesting options out there. I just want to ensure the data will not get lost. I dont care about 90% of the data but photos etc i want to be really safe. I do have an offsite backup on a single disk but still want this to be as safe as possible