# How does it work?
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-it-work/51032
**Category:** Apps & Creations
**Created:** [December 23, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-it-work/51032 "2013-12-23T21:47:10Z")
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### Author:  [@ScopeField](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ScopeField)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-it-work/51032/1 "2013-12-23T21:47:10Z")
I've done some searching and still can't really understand this. I recently finished building a Debian server (with a i5 3570k processor) and found out about Rasplex. From what I understand, Plex requires a strong processor to do the transcoding. How can something like the Pi do that transcoding? It would have been a much cheaper alternative :P Also, are you limited by the storage you can attach to it?
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### Author:  [@dale.hamel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dale.hamel)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-it-work/51032/2 "2013-12-23T22:47:52Z")
This is a \*client\*, not a server.
This is in the FAQ.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-does-it-work/51032/3 "2019-12-21T00:46:40Z")
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