Hi guys
I have the WD PR4100 32TB but it does’t seem to satisfy PLEX. I decided to get a bit more processor.
I purchased the LENOVO THINKCENTRE M900 TINY i7-6700T Up TO 3.6GHz, 16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, WINDOWS 10 PRO.
It’s really small with the height of a pencil and loads fast. I don’t plan to install programs on there to use. It’ll only be for running the Plex Media Server.
Is it a good choice?
I was told long ago to turn off the Plex Server on PR4100 before running another pointing to the same files. I plan to do just that after I get some input. I still have time to return.
I would really appreciate some good inputs from people with the experiences.
Even with the Plex Pass Shield,… still invisible.
Plex needs to hire some support team. I look at Plex as a big company, not something being run in the basement.
Some area of this place have great services such Plex for Windows 10. More people are needed.
Plex does not recommend specific computers but the i7-6700T has a benchmark score of ~9050, so in terms of power, it has plenty of it.
@asaintfort
you can run plex on a pocket calculator… its not smart… but it can be done and seems to be marketed that way by plex sometimes… but it comes with a big caveat that they dont make clear… that is if the media is pristine, in perfect and compatible formats to every client you intend to stream it to… ie… not transcoding…
now when people are talking 48 core monster machines… some forget that there are full quality disk formats that are not threaded… ie… they can only use one core…
so you can get a processor with a cumulative bench way north of the plex recommended 2000 passmark… but if its a hex core with a 2000 passmark that is only 2000/6 which is a passmark of 333 which is far to weak to decode a 1080p bluray rip in VC-1 format…
so you see… you must look at
your original content
how many concurent streams
how drastic the transcode will be… ie 5 blu rays to 2mbps streams to be watched remotely etc…
Plex could very easily have an online calculator to help folks out… but don’t
plex could give us more knobs and switches in the server side config panels to really clamp down on who does what and get what resources… but doesnt…
so you have to
1 plan your hardware carefully
2 rule your plex users with an iron fist so some jerk brother half way across the counrty doesn’t decide to have a streaming party and start 3 transcodes and sync half your movies at 9pm when you go sit down and watch something and realize that you computer is at 100%+ utilization and is way over subscribed for resources and … you get nothing…
