Comment on Proper RAM and drive for ThinkCentre M710Q running Unraid/Plex/-arr

• jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Am I going to run into transcoding issues with 7th gen i5 on several streams?

  I have a 4th gen i5 and it can handle about three transcodes concurrently. You should be fine on that, especially if your users direct stream.

  all but one of them have modern Roku or Apple TV devices.

  These devices should be capable of direct streaming any video format. You’ll have to tell your users to change their streaming settings to always play original quality on remote stream. Plex defaults to 720p for remote streams.

  should I use the 258GB M.2 already in the box for the config and database, or use the 2TB 970 EVO SSD?

  The 256 GB should be enough. My Plex folder uses about 90 GB right now with all the posters and stuff. It’s been running on a SATA 256 GB SSD for almost 7 years now. My library is also pretty large, pushing 8 TB total now.

  There’s no harm in keeping it in.

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  • dorkage@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How is your Plex install so big? My library is like 6x larger and my Plex install lives in a 24GB VM

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    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      🤷‍♂️

      I don’t know lol

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  • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are a godsend. Thank for you for the really cogent advice. Setting up Unraid now.

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• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you use quicksync hardware transcoding it’ll handle a bunch of 1080p streams without a problem.

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  • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that a client setting or Plex server setting? I haven’t noticed it before.

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    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a feature of the Intel GPU that the Plex server can use.

      I think you do need Plex pass though, Jellyfin can do it for free.

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      • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I bought Plex Pass lifetime about 5 years ago, so will go hunting for that setting, thanks!

        And it works on 7th gen Intel chips?

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