I am running a Plex Server on a Mac Pro Server (Mid 2012) with 3.2 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon (MacOS 10.13.6). I used this server as I was running other services however it is now only running Plex. Given energy usage I was wondering how well Plex would work if I moved my Plex files to a fast external drive connected to a MacBook Pro (14" 2021) with an M1 Pro server. Will I notice any difference in performance?
Separately, I was interested in a 10TB SSD portable hard drive (for my Plex files) but can not find anything above 5TB? Is there a reason (apart from cost)?
If I do move my Plex files to the MBP, are there simple instructions on how I move the server so that I maintain settings and a record of what movies I have watched etc?
I don’t have any specific benchmarks comparing the old Xeon and the MBP’s M1 CPU – from what I’ve seen, users are quite happy with the added native support for PMS on M1 and their performance.
I think you can currently get SSD drives with up to 8 TB with varying IO speeds and in significantly different price classes. From what I understand, that’s part of currently available technologies and restrictions linked to those. Future models will likely use different production technology and will therefore be able to deliver higher capacity / density.
I was wondering how well Plex would work if I moved my Plex files to a fast external drive connected to a MacBook Pro (14" 2021) with an M1 Pro server.
PMS is meant to run 24/7, and it does significant tasks in the middle of the night.
Laptops don’t historically fit into that concept.
I would attach the USB drive to the Mac M1 Pro or to a router.
We’re also in a chip crunch when it comes to SSDs, and spinning rust has its uses. For either drive technology, you can get more space with Disk Attached Storage. It’s a battle with Amazon’s algorithms to find your sweet spot in $ / TB
