at a remote house with only internet via satellite, we are using a plex server on the house network with 3 tablets for watching. How much data via internet does plex use ? only for checking the subscription i presume ? what can i expect in data volume/ week ?
Unfortunately it will be a lot of work for an of the users in this forum to get gather enough specifics to answer your question in detail.
i can only hope someone that uses Plex on a limited internet connection can chime in with some figures for you.
i personally would not use Plex on a limited internet connection. i know it uses a lot of data.
about a year ago i was on a 5gb data plan. long story short i was waiting for my vehicle to be serviced. and it took est. 4 hrs. i watched âCaptain America: The First Avengerâ and âCaptain America: The Winter Soldierâ it used 3.8gb of data. (it was like the first GD day of the usage cycle too) i had to finish the month with 1gb of data.
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If your server is local it should use a minimum of data.
Here is a FAQ article about it.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200484903-internet-and-network-requirements/
Note that the data usage they are talking about for the apps is the âcheck inâ to verify account status or load a piece of the app (i.e. Google Chrome needs to load the player from the internet to play).
I understand OP will not stream media over his internet link, but will only fetch metadata for Plex with it.
You can reduce the amount of data consumed by Plex a little bit further, if you disable certain of its automatic maintenance jobs.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201553286-scheduled-tasks/
I recommend to disable
- Refresh local metadata every three days
- Refresh metadata periodically
- Analyze and tag photos
You might also want to verify that remote acccessibility for your server is off.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200289506-remote-access/
As an additional safeguard, (it sounds contradictive, but bear with me) disable âSecure Connectionsâ.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200430283-network/
âsecure connectionsâ (read: network encryption) are not needed without remote access, and disabling them will also prevent Relay access from working.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/216766168-accessing-a-server-through-relay/
You might also want to opt out from sending additional diagnosis data from your server and clients to plex.tv https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/privacy-preferences/#opd
