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Budget (including currency): < $500 Country: United States TrueNAS Scale server - programs or workloads that it will be used for: cloudflare, notifiarr, plex, prowlarr, qbittorrent, radarr, sabnzbd, sonarr, traefik, unifi, and more+. PC - Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Apex, Discord, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Fortnite on the rare occasion. Hello All, I am currently looking to possibly upgrade my TrueNAS server that I have built from an old PC that's about 15 years old. I have a PC I built in 2019-2020 that I use for gaming and video/photo editing. Instead of spending money buying new hardware for my TrueNAS server, I would rather make select upgrades to my PC and use the old parts as my server. PC Desktop: TrueNAS Server: CPU: Intel Core i9-9900 Intel i7 860 Motherboard: Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi Old AF RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB DDR3 16GB GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) ATI Radeon HD 5770 The server gets the job done, but it's reaching its limit. Sometimes when requesting a task, no matter the app, the app will crash and redeploy. I can maybe do 3 simultaneous streams with plex, but that is if nothing else is actively in use. I would like to move the CPU, MB, and RAM from my PC over to my server now/soon. And then, in a year, pick up a new GPU and move my 2070S to the server. What would be a good CPU+MB combo to upgrade my PC to? Or would it be more financially efficient to upgrade my TrueNAS server hardware and upgrade to a new GPU in the same timeframe?
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I know a lot of home servers get used for plex, and I'm sure many of you have tested the hardware transcoding of PMS. When I see people talking about intel quick sync vs nvidia nvenc the topic is always revolving around the number of encodes the GPU can manage to keep up with. What I am more concerned with, yet have never really seen discussed is the quality of the encoders. What's the consensus on quick sync vs nvenc encoding? In the use case of PMS does one look noticeably better than the other? I'm still running an i7-2600 with the first generation of quick sync that supported h.264 hardware encoding. Do newer generations of the hardware encoders supported in PMS visibly look better than what I'm getting with my system?
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I recently built my own server and here are how the server is currently setup. Proxmox is the hypervisor. Unraid is running as a VM under Proxmox. Windows 11 runs as a VM under Proxmox, with Plex and other games installed. I did passthrough a 4060ti (its the only one that can fit into my case so please don't roast me for my choice) to the windows 11 VM hoping plex will use it for transcoding. I found that plex is able to transcode if I watch the content on the windows 11 VM but cannot transcode if I am watching from another machine. At first I thought it was because I did not check the primary GPU box in the PCI tab but it still does not work after I enabled it. My guess is the windows 11 network is used up receiving video data from the unraid VM through Proxmox networking. Therefore chocking plex's ability to send data out to the internet. I am also thinking about getting another ethernet to USB adapter and passing that into the Windows 11 VM, but I am unsure if this is the actual issue. Are there any other things I should check? I set everything up following this article. .
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Hey all, I have a few weeks before the boys and I are out the door and headed for a 9 month trip to the Middle East. I want to throw together a server build that I can carry forward and deploy easily for everyone to enjoy on their off time. I’m not trying to break the bank on something that will realistically remain for the next group comes after us so I’d like to stick as close to $1500USD as possible given the constraints. I’m looking for something that can handle 15-20 clients max for either streaming or media download on a closed network. I want something that will not need access to an outside network as one will likely not be available but rather could be accessed when physically close enough to connect. I’m looking for recommendations on hardware for both the media server and network equipment on how to make this happen given the client size and austere environment.
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Hi all! So I noticed a few weeks ago that my home network would “crash” occasionally whenever I would try to stream content via Plex on my local network. My client is a 2nd Gen AppleTV 4K. One behavior was: After starting playback, the content would load, but shortly after my server and home network would go offline. All devices would loose connection until my router came back online. The routers would not “reboot” per se, at least according to the status LEDs, but they completely lost connection. Another behavior was: Playback would start fine, but usually after a few minutes, playback would stutter and a “your connection to the server is not fast enough” message would appear. Sometimes it would stabilize, other times it would just lag and crash the network again. Server: 2018 Mac mini running Plex Media Server v.1.87.2.87-87488d5a Router: 2x Linksys Velop MX4200 Anyway, the solution seems to have been to ENABLE “Priority By Device” in my Linksys Smart Wifi App. Assigning my server to the priority list seems to have completely stabilized my network. I watched Oppenheimer (4K @ ~45Mbps), an episode of Bobs Burgers, and am currently watching South Park while typing this. The network appears completely stable. tldr: If you have a Linksys router and your network is crashing when watching Plex, add your server to the “Priority By Device” list in your Linksys Smart Wifi App.
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I have installed TrueNAS Scale and Plex app but I am having trouble getting my server files to show in Plex app. I have watched videos and read Redit logs and questions on this site but I cannot figure out how to get it to ask me for my Server Setup when I click the "WebPortal" button. It just shows all of the shows and mo never asks me to setup the server. URL is http://192.168.1.55:32400/web/index.html#!/ . This is all new to me so I need some help understanding what I am doing wrong. What I have done: Installed TrueNAS scale, added folders and user(plex:plex - 1000:1000) Set the ACLs for plex:plex as SMB Installed Plex as described by many Click on WebPortal and below is what I get. It does not ask to setup my server as shown in everyone else's youtube and descriptions. Thank you.
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I'm new to servers, so I'm looking for recommendations that would fulfill my purposes. I'm trying to use the NAS for file storage, virtualizing OSs, and hosting a media server like Plex. I was thinking of getting a 4-bay server and filling 2 slots with 16TB 7200RPM drives so I have both adequate size and future upgradeability. It's also not required, but being able to have an NVMe drive as a cache would definitely be nice. I have heard that the DS923+ is a solid option but If anybody knows of any systems as well as drive options that would work well for my purposes i'd appreciate the advice.
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Budget (including currency): N/A Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Media streaming, file hosting, Minecraft Server Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hardware: Dell r900 16 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 @ 2.40GHz (4 Sockets), 128gb of RAM Built in iPERC 6 Raid controller x2 2tb SAS SSDs 2.5" (only work with raid controller) x2 2tb SAS HDDs 2.5" (only work with raid controller) 10gb TP-Link TX401 pcie NIC 1tb Crucial SSD 240gb SanDisk SSD 10Gtek PCIe SATA Card 4 Port usb 3.0 pcie card (probably will remove) Corsair CX-450M PSU (Using PSU to power SSDs and pcie cards as server doesnt have extra power plugs. I have a 1000w PSU on stand by if GPU needs more power) Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Dual (this is the GPU I want to get as it's a x8 slot card and I want the server lid to be able to close so a x8 to x16 adapter will not work) I have this server and I want to turn it into a media hosting server as well as maybe consolidate a few single use systems I have into VMs on the server as well. I currently have a single computer NAS running TrueNAS which currently stores my personal media as well as my media for video editing and photography. The other computer is just running a minecraft server on ubuntu. So if I could not only consolidate those two PC into this server but also add a GPU so I can stream my video catalog (maybe 1440p60fps and possibly 4k60fps in the future) throughout my devices in my home (I'm guessing this is where Plex or Jellyfin would come in). My GPU choices are limited due to the x8 slot situation I mentioned in the hardware specs. From what I understand I will use a OS like Proxmox to run my VMs (NAS, MinecraftServer, Media hosting for streaming). I'm fairly new to Proxmox but I've been playing around with it but if anyone is a Proxmox Pro please dont hesitate to add your 2cents! In my research I've also see that docker would be ideal to tie these things together? I'm not sure but I know if I have to use docker then TrueNAS isn't compatible or so my research has proven. And don't get me started on using raid controllers with NAS software. I get places that say you shouldn't and some say that you can now and that information is outdated. So I'm also trying to figure out how to incorporate using the SAS drives up front. So to wrap is all up how would you configure the setup? Am I on the right trail to meet my end goal? Is proxmox what yall would use? Is Docker an important role to make this work? Is TrueNAS gonna work w/ Docker if I need Docker and if not what NAS OS should I use? Is Plex or Jellyfin the way to go? Do plex and jellyfin run on their own VMs or do they run as containers (this part I'm still learning in Proxmox)? Will the built in raid controller virtual drives created from the sas drives work with not only a NAS software but work within proxmox as a VM?
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Hi all, I am looking into finalizing my TrueNAS Scale build, and I am unsure as to what RAID settings I should use. This is my first ever NAS build, so I do not have much experience with RAIDs. The drives that I have for the machine are 6x 4TB WD red NAS "plus" drives. I also have a 250 GB boot ssd and threw in an nvme cache drive. At the moment I have one extra cold spare drive. That would make the total WD red drive count 7. My plan was to have 5 drives holding data with 1 hot spare. This NAS will stay at my parents house, and I go away to school for months at a time, so I am unable to get to the NAS to swap in drives all the time in case of a failure. I would appreciate any suggestions.
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Okay here's the situation that I need a bunch of tech nerds (like myself but smarter and more experienced) to help me with if you are so inclined. I currently run UNRAID mostly as a plex server, but also PC backups, network storage and sandbox for whatever comes to mind. My current set up is built in this case with an i7-8700K on a PRIME Z370-A and 16GB of DDR4. I have 1x 500GB SSD cache (5 years old) and after some drive swapping will have an 1x 8GB Parity, 1x 8GB Data, and 4x 4GB Data. The 8GB are new the 4GB are between 3-5 years old. I'd say I hit the drive with a moderate amount of reads and writes. Nothing too crazy. My user count is high but only a few consistently use Plex. Maybe 10 hours per day is consumed around 50% of the time. I had to add a SATA expansion card as the above totals 7x SATA drives. I had installed a hot swap enclosure but it started having problems after a couple of years so I moved all the drives into mounting locations with in the case above. This has been fine except There's no more room for drives unless I pull the hot swap enclosure out and I don't think I have the hardware anymore to allow more drives to be installed in its place. I could figure it out but the issue I've run up against, or I believe I have run up against is power. I'm currently out of 15 pin power connectors and the ones I am using are all using each connector in the daisy chain. While everything is running perfectly fine, it has been running like that for over 5 years and I think I want to either upgrade or at least set myself up to be able to expand a bit. So....anyone have any suggestions how where I may go. Some thoughts I've had are Use some 1 or 2U drive enclosure solution that will provide more options for drives with power budgets and connectors taken into account in the design. If something like this is used how is it connect to the head unit, what would be required, is the configuration work a nightmare. Is there a way to do this with out create a jet engine server closet? Is my current case just fine and maybe I upgrade my power supply? If so are there ones with extra 15 pin SATA connectors Maybe it behooves me to shift to new tech and add M.2 clearing up some SATA connectors and power (and allow for dual cache). Anyone have mind blowing experiences upgrading in this way? Any suggestions that come to mind with my above set up that would be better a half decade after I built it. Thank you so much for your time. GB = TB. Thanks Skimmilk5
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I have a raspberry pi 4 8gb running Ubuntu with plex and an external SSD connected via an 2.5 enclosure. When I load new content onto the SSD. The pi always freezes up. Is this due to not enough power to the pi or should I add external power to the SSD? I currently have the stock Cana kit power supply. Would changing it to a 30 watt charging brick be too much? Or worth a shot? Thank you
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Hi, So I need some help. I currently have a plex server with around 456GB of data. I run this server of a Lenovo ThinkCentre M72e and it gets the job done easily. The problem is storage. The internal Drive is 256GB and I don't wanna change the SSD only the plex storage which as of the is a ToughDrive something rather 500GB drive *Formatted Value in NTFS is 465GB* and I need to change it out as its starting to make some noises and CasaOS is saying Damaged and the more obvious part is its getting really full. I have been browsing for new drives for a few days now and I have this criteria has to be affordable in AUD reliable 2TB or 4TB *Flexible but much prefer one of those 2 mostly looking at 4TB for longevity* and has to connect via USB A. USB 3.0/1 will do fine even known i think the computer only has USB 2. But having USB 3 will make it faster when mirroring the old drive to the new one. Problem is no matter where I look there is mixed reviews, I'd prefer if i could get the drive from a local store like office works or such as I don't like online shopping but every drive I check has at least 1-3 one star ratings with a avg of 5-6 reviews which doesn't feel too promising, the worse part is that i though brands like Western Digital and Seagate would have reliable external drives but apparently not. Please Help... It is much appreciated If possible can you point me onto a upgrade path for the future if I ever use up this drive/it fails (this is what the network drive looks like from windows) The server also runs Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS or something on the 22.04.X LTS Lineup I'm not sure how to check.
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I'm currently running a p2000 in my server. I have around 5-10 streams going during peak times and it seems to buffer or not want to go sometimes. Here is a link of my build currently and I was thinking about swapping the p2000 out for another card like an Intel arc for Av1. Before anyone ask I have plexpass using 16 cores.
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Hello, I have this problem, I use a Dell micro PC as a plex server with only a 2Tb disk but I already ran out of storage, I can't add more disks to the PC, so I was thinking of building a NAS with a PC old one that I can build over time, I was thinking of using the Truenas scale, but my question is if and how I can connect my nas to my old Linux Plex server. is there an easy way? because I can't find a tutorial.
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I want the best of both worlds, get it? Hey Friends, long time viewer (on YouTube, not the Forum), first time caller. Please let me know if this is not the correct place to post this, I followed the post rules as best I could. 0. Equipment Owned available for build: -2018 Mac Mini i7 6-core w/ 32GB RAM -Promise Pegasus R4 -4x IronWolf Pro 14TB HDDs -Pepwave Max BR1 MK2 router (pretty sure this isn't useful but it's sitting in my closet, so figured I'd mention it) 0.5 Context/Background: I work in the Film Industry. 8 years of experience as a Digital Loader. My primary responsibility is to take the shot media cards (For this job, the camera is the Alexa35 with 1TB NVMe Arri compact cards) and offload them to "shuttle drives" (typically 2-8TB NVMe) as well as to a "master drive" that stays on my work truck. Once the post production department has written to LTO, I'm able to delete that footage from the "master drive." In the past, I have always used DAS units as a master drive. Mostly GSpeed Shuttles and GRaids years ago. 1. Budget & Location $1,500-$2,000USD (not including drives). The less I spend on the build, the more likely I will go with SAS drives instead of SATA. Located in Los Angeles, California. 2. Aim My true aim is to figure out how to get a subsidized Homelab with 80-100TB of capacity because my company will pay me ~$3K to rent this machine for a 5 month job. I want to build a machine that can act as an onsite "Master Backup Drive" for a short job and afterwards become the basis for my first Homelab as well as the storage pool for my Plex server. Needs to have 6x-12x 3.5" bays (bonus if there's a 5.25" bay to throw my BluRay ripper in), be compatible with SAS and SATA, configurable in RAID5 or RAID-Z1 (Spoiler, I've never used ZFS), and be able to efficiently write data from the 1TB NVMe "source media cards" through my Mac. If I can get 500MB/s, to the "Master" that would be great. My Mac will act as the only client to the server/NAS/storage pool. The 1TB NVMe "source" camera media cards will be plugged into my Mac over TB3, the "shuttle drives" will be plugged into my mac over TB3 and then the server will either be plugged into my Mac over TB2, TB3 or the 10G network card. Everything has to filter through my mac due to the Codex Device manager being MacOS only and necessary to view the HDE virtual volume of the "source" cards. I will also be generating an xxhash64 checksum through Silverstack, Hedge or ShotPutPro from the "source" media cards to the "shuttle" and "master" drives. 3. Monitors The system I'm requesting help with is headless. I have a 13" piece of hot garbage that will do just fine over HDMI into my Mac. 4. Peripherals Irrelevant for this build 5. Why are you upgrading? My current Plex server build has 35 of the usable 36TB filled and I have a job that could subsidize $3K into a significant upgrade. Quick/Cheap/Easy Idea: Buy a Thunderbay 8 or a used Areca 8-bay DAS and fill it with 12-18TB drives. I'm not wild about using SoftRaid on the Thunderbay and the Areca is only compatible with MacOS and Windows...
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Budget (including currency): 800 ish hard limit at 1000 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mainly file storage but also maybe plex. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mR2BTY My mom asked me to put together a computer that could host All of our photos and also our movies because we have a huge collection of DVDs and blu-rays. Any help would be appreciated. Also yes I'm a noctua shill.
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Budget (including currency): Under $1000 Canadian Country: Canada Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Plex Server (Stream details below), Blue Iris NVR and future expansion (VMs or Bare Metal) Other details I have two HP Z-Book G2s (i7-4910MQ/32GB RAM/Quadro K2100M) from 2015 that I got from work that run the following, Z-Book 1 - Blue Iris Surveillance Software - 30% CPU Usage/No GPU Usage - 24/7 @ 85-Watts Z-Book 2 - Plex Server/PIA VPN/qBittorent/Tdarr (Server Only but would like to run Client on the new box) - Up to 7 or 8 1080p Plex Streams (worst case). Usually 5 or 6 of them are Direct Play with 1-2 being Transcodes - 24/7 @ 40W idle/150-175 Watts all out depending on the number of streams. I have Plex Pass so I use GPU Hardware Acceleration for the transcoding. I'm looking for a low power consumption build that I can use as a VM host (or Bare Metal OS if someone can convince me that is better) that can consolidate the two laptops. I'd like some headroom as well in the event I want to run additional services. I'm not too concerned about RGB/Fancy cases as it will be living in a utility room. The shelf I have for it is 23" Wide x 11" High x 16" Deep so it will need to be on its side. Ideally a few front USB ports and some space for extra 3.5" HDDs would be nice. Someone in another forum suggested an i3-13100 system with either the iGPU or an Intel A380 (No gaming, Plex/Tdarr transcodes only), 64GB of DDR5 and a couple RAIDed NVME drives, but it has been MANY years since I have built a PC and figured I would reach out to you fine folks to see what you can suggest to replace the Z-Books. I did manage to grab two 14TB Seagate External Drives for $130 off (each) at Best Buy yesterday, so those will be shucked and replace the myriad of external drives I currently use with the Z-Books. Other than that, I'll need suggestions for all other components. Ideally I'd like to keep it under $1000 CDN if at all possible but I have no idea if that's possible for what I want to use it for. I do have 2.5Gig Networking but have a 2-Port 2.5G PCIe NIC I can use if the motherboard doesn't include it.
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Hello i have a querie Currently i have a server running Truenas Scale with an App of official plex from truenas charts. the way it this runs currently is just to trouble some for me and i want to change my host OS to Windows (probably win10). My question is, is it possible to backup the meta data and preferably all the settings from plex on truenas and restore it to a fresh install on windows. if the data needs to be modified that is fine but i dont want to have to reapply settings. i know you can backup the config, but dont know if it will go across nicely. Thanks
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Budget (including currency): Sub $1000, ideally more like $750 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: PLEX, Windows 11, and storage Hi folks! Long time LTT viewer, just joined the forum to get some direction. I know what I'm doing in terms of construction, but could use additional eyeballs on components for a relatively-budget home Plex server. Here's the PCP list, but highlights below: CPU: i3-10100 (w/ stock cooler and integrated graphics) RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200 MoBo: MSI B560M Pro-E - note: main PC on the network has a ASRock X570 Pro4, so ethernet file transfers are currently bottlenecked to 1gbps PSU: CoolerMaster 550W 80+B Storage: 256GB M.2 boot drive, 2x4TB 3.5in 7200rpm drives (RAID 1) I would love recommendations on the specs themselves, and also revs for cases (ideally with additional 3.5in drive bays) that have an understated, clean look and are easy to build in for someone with Giant orangutan hands. Cheers!
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I've got a little home server here (Intel i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz w/ 16 gigs of ram) connected via ethernet to a Synology DS420+. When I first set this thing up, I tried the linux route, but I just couldn't get things working. However, I'm getting sick of windows on this machine and I'm struggling having hardlinks work. (I'm using Radarr/Sonarr). What distro do you suggest I get to run docker and have Plex w/ my rr suite of apps? (I've got a few users experiencing issues with buffering/loading that never used to happen. I'm also planning on doing some upgrades to the server, if I can (as I now have 2.5gB fibre and the machine only has a 1g ethernet port). When I built this, plex didn't use graphics cards for hardware transcode acceleration. Is it worth grabbing one now?)
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Budget (including currency): £400 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Music streaming, some occasional 4k streaming, photo storage. Looking for suggestions on a setup for my use-case Beginner DIY NAS for music playback (e.g. Roon) and some photo/video storage My desire is to have a NAS that’s between 4-16TB in size, including backup/clone drives. I only have about 500GB of music, but it’s constantly growing and I feel it’s time to take the jump into this. My interest in NAS’ are for their use as huge storage systems as well as the ability to stream content from them. For streaming music, I like the sound of using Roon for this. I probably wouldn’t use the NAS much for watching video content, but this may be something I would be interested in doing further down the line. I do also have a growing family photo collection that I’d store on the NAS. Growing from 0GB, as I’ve only just begun the mountainous task of digitizing old prints we had in the loft. Really, my priority is having a setup that a) has sufficient storage and backup storage and b) performs well enough that I could stream my music library very quickly, with WiFi or data speeds being the only discernable bottleneck. I’m not really sure which component/s in a NAS setup would be the most important for this use-case (e.g. CPU, RAM, SSD etc). Ideally I’d like to spend under £300 for the whole setup, but can go over this if needed. If I need to start with a smaller amount of storage (e.g. 2TB storage and 2TB clone/backup) in order to meet my performance requirements (i.e. a more powerful CPU/RAM if needed), I am fine with this. Suggestions on builds would be massively appreciated! And if you aren’t able to/don’t have the time to suggest a full parts list, guidance on how to shop for different components, and which components I should prioritise, would be awesome. Thanks!
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Hi, im Stapletn! Im new to the forum and Id like to share what happens when an Albertan redneck gets ahold of computer parts. The setup consists of the following CPU: i7-4790K from the dump Motherboard: Asus Z97-Deluxe #dumploot GPU: MSI 1060 6GB *at the duummmp* PSU: Ziptied together ya 650W Corsair PSU i think from the dump too, maybe my roommates Disk Drive: Bro its a free LG bluray drive, its mint RAM: 32GB of DDR3, 2 sticks came from the dump and two are cheap sticks with no name in the bios Cardboard box: From Olymel factory (yeah, like olymel bacon at the grocery store) Hard drives: refer to pic of storage spaces (almost every drive came from the dump except the 4TB and 2TB) WAN: shaw router on stilts because globe led bulbs have garbage range, 500/100 Switches: HP ProCurve 2810-48G and a Linksys SE3005 not in photo This bad boy runs a whole suite for Plex. - Radarr, Sonarr, Readarr, Prowlarr - Plex, qBittorrent, Ombi, Handbrake, Kavita I am working on creating a automation flow for requesting content. Currently it breaks my brain and i need more whiteboards lol Oh and a Dell PowerEdge 2950 but we dont worry about that ol' girl, shes vibin. Anyways, does anyone know a fool proof way to find out if a drive is dying in windows? When writing to the space, i get very inconsistent speeds. Itll start flyin at 100MB/s and then it dips to 10MB/s barely. Doesnt go any higher than like 10-20MB/s, writes for .5-1 second and then 0MB/s, then it picks up. Its like its stopping to flush to disk which is weird behaviour to be having all of a sudden. Especially after ive just been moving around a bunch of files. Event Viewer doesnt say anything about any of the disks in the storage space.
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Currently, I'm using an E-ATX computer (huge case) with a dual-CPU motherboard, for my plex server. I want to transition to a more compact, maybe something like NUC while maintaining the ability to connect up to 6-8 drives and continue using my zpool. I also use a Raspberry Pi for my HomeAssistant setup, and I'm considering merging it into this new NUC setup for efficiency. Here are the details of my current setup: E-ATX computer with dual-CPU motherboard (E5640) 16G RAM ZFS support for storage Raspberry Pi for HomeAssistant Maybe have the possibility to add a GPU for future encoding needs. I'd appreciate your guidance on the following: How to connect up to 6-8 drives to the NUC. Advice on migrating the zpool to the NUC while preserving data. What kind of NUC could be on par for performance from the previous setup or much better Or maybe this is all wrong and maybe I shouldn't go with NUC? I'm open to alternative recommendations, including options that could be rack-mounted. Maybe something like a compact rack size. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
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I have an issue where certain titles (randomly between series or movies) where same format, same bitrate, audio, hdr and everything is exactly the same, at least what I can tell from info screen, but one file plays flawlessly, and the other doesn't. Only happens when using an outside connection to the plex server. Any ideas why this can be? Could be a thousand reasons I suspect but anything that could point me in the right way helps. Thanks! Home network has 500/100, outside 100/100. Plex settings says that outside connections available etc so that seems to be fine? Since it only affects certain titles and not consistently I'm not sure where to start looking for errors. Thanks
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Hello, LTT forumers! At the moment im running a PLEX server (when i need it) from my gaming pc. As i've been studying Golang a bit lately i would like to try to "launch" a Golang web app, at least accessible on my LAN. So the idea in my head is brewing that i should reutilize my old laptop as a server just for that purpose and that exactly is where it starts to get tricky. What my soon-to-be server would need to do: - Plex - Nextcloud (probably just some pictures) - Golang apps + databases - maybe something more? Questions related to that: - Should it be a virtual machine on top of my W10 laptop? - Ubuntu server or desktop? -- Or maybe even something else? - How do i "deploy" a Golang app on my server? - Or should i buy an "old random pc"? So the idea is to have at first a sandbox server to be able to try out how things work etc, hence, should i run a VM on my W10 laptop or just go to (some form) of Ubuntu etc.. I hope you guys can direct me in a path to choose. Thanks!
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