# 2 servers, transcode **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-servers-transcode/588722 "2020-05-11T12:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-servers-transcode/588722/6 "2020-05-13T10:16:54Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@Distributed Transcoding/Scaling](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-scaling/76681/1): > > I realize this is a longshot but right now my plex server is a quad socket system and it's barely keeping up with user load, looking at 8 socket systems and they are just astronomically expensive which got me thinking about the huge surplus of cheap dual socket blade servers   what if there was a way of scaling plex itself to have separate compute/transcode nodes instead of just having one giant server...   so for example, you have one box running plex itself, then several slaved boxes that … Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing). Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. * * * Rules for the Feature Suggestions forum section: - Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. - Only one feature per thread. See existing feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-servers-transcode/588722)._