This question has been asked in other threads, but my situation is somewhat unique to where I think it deserves its own thread.
Before I dive into the question, here is my current hardware:
HP DL380 G6 with 2x Intel Xeon x5670 @2.93 GHz. 72GB of ECC DDR3 RAM, 1x 1TB SSD, 7x 5TB HDD.
It currently runs unRAID with the SSD service as a cache drive and the rest of the 5TB drives being part of the array (1 of them as a parity drive). Problem with unRaid is that I can’t use an external GPU as the OS doesnt have the drivers/kernel module to run the card. Additionally, I run Plex on a docker container which just adds another layer of issues when it comes to pci-passthrough.
That being said, I am in the process of acquiring a new server for the simple purpose of it serving as a NAS storage. The idea is to transfer my current setup over to this new server and leave the HP server to become a baremetal Windows host where I can install the proper drivers, etc. for the NVIDIA Quadro P2000.
This leads us to my question…
Is it possible to take advantage of the GPU transcoding Plex feature even if my Xeon processors don’t support QuickSync.
The requirements page appear to indicate QuickSync as a requirement, but I believe this is in reference to the CPU (iGPU) and doesn’t account for a situation such as this. I may be wrong, but I am curious to know if other people have been successful with GPU transcoding on CPUs without QuickSync.
