Is there any way to throttle downloads?

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: Version 1.25.9.5673
Player Version#:

One of my remote users uses the download function provided by Plex. However, I started to notice that when he downloads, all my other users’ performance degrades tremendously, and they all begin to buffer repeatedly. I looked at the bandwidth graph and see that the download process takes all available bandwidth, leaving next to none for any “real time” users.

I there a way to force the downloads to run more like a background task, or throttle how much bandwidth is allocated to the download process?

Is there any way to kill a download process from the server console?

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click setting/ Manage library access/ click the user who downloads/ restricts/allows downloads /edit /and uncheck the box

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thx, I undefrstand that I can disallow user from downloading, but I only want to throttle ithe download speed, not deny him the use of the feature. As it stands, when downloading, it usurps all available bandwidth.

I would either like to restrict the activity to between certain hours of the day (night, really), or limit consumprion tp lets say 1-2 Mbps only, not let it go hog wild and steal the system from real time users

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there is no way to limit, I recommend an ftp server that you can limit

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Did you put some values into the input fields under
Settings - Server - Remote Access
?

Both “Internet upload speed”
and
“Limit remote stream bitrate” should be set to some reasonable limit.

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Surely it is related to the stream and not to the download of the movie.

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Downloads are supposed to adhere to the same limits.

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I had upload speed set to 12, which is all i get from my ISP. However, the remote stream was set to 10 Mbps, so i have reset that to 4 Mbps.

I’ll get it tested and reply back here in a day or 2.

Thank you guys for the suggestions.

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