Thanks for the quick reply.
(Don't want to go the ESXi route as this would be a gaming PC as well.)
I didn't think the system would matter since I am going with a virtualized setup. However, the following are my system specs:
Intel - Core i7-7820X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor
Corsair - H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus - PRIME X299-A ATX LGA2066 Motherboard
Corsair - Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Samsung - 960 Pro 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Corsair - Air 740 ATX Full Tower Case
Corsair - 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Will add a GTX-1080 TI soon.
However, the issue is not the system instead it's the virtualized DSM that's bothering me. For example this was my test scenario:
VM with DSM 6.1
1 x 50 MB pre-allocated HDD (synoboot.vmdk)
2 x 100GB VMDK (Virtual Disks)
Goto find.synology.com. Setup, format and install the setup.
Configure all services in DSM as per requirement, such OpenVPN server, PLEX etc.
Delete the 2 x 100GB VMDK (virtual disks) add another two 2 x 200GB VMDK (virtual disks). However, 1 x 50 MB pre-allocated HDD (synoboot.vmdk) remains the same - [simulation of migration from 4TB to 8TB]
However, when I boot the system I find that it asks me to do the setup again. I didn't proceed further, so doesn't that mean that all my DSM configs have been lost? How can I retain the setup while making changes in the HDD area.
Thanks again.
P.S: I decided I won't run PLEX on it, will have a separate VM for that. So I will just be running other small software's like Resilio Sync (new BitSync), GoodSync & OpenVPN.