# Multi-Computer, Single Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799 "2019-09-02T06:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hellot1m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hellot1m](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hellot1m)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/1 "2019-09-02T06:46:32Z")
Add the ability to host the server on two separate computers on the same network. I think if it could recognize that the server is being set up on the same network(IP) then it should give us the ability to connect it to the same server. Giving the ability to split the workload to two separate machines. Or even if it was outside the network. Image how this would benefit larger Plex servers. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/2 "2019-09-02T07:07:04Z")
This is a duplicate request. The ability to distribute workload (“load-balancing”) has been requested before. ---
**Author:** ![hellot1m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hellot1m](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hellot1m)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/3 "2019-09-02T07:56:13Z")
Can you link to an active request. I found many people talking about this feature for years but typically don’t go anywhere or taken seriously. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/4 "2019-09-02T08:20:28Z")
All feature request threads are “active”, as long as they are not closed. > [@Distributed Transcoding/Scaling](https://forums.plex.tv/t/distributed-transcoding-scaling/76681/1): > > I realize this is a longshot but right now my plex server is a quad socket system and it's barely keeping up with user load, looking at 8 socket systems and they are just astronomically expensive which got me thinking about the huge surplus of cheap dual socket blade servers   what if there was a way of scaling plex itself to have separate compute/transcode nodes instead of just having one giant server...   so for example, you have one box running plex itself, then several slaved boxes that … > [@\[Feature Request\] Load-balanced Shared Libraries](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-load-balanced-shared-libraries/95542/1): > > Load-balanced shared libraries so that a Plex client can select from a group of shared Plex Media Servers the server with the fewest number of active remote sessions.   Let's say I have two friends (Joe and Bob) sharing their libraries with me.  Each one of those friends has the same video I want to watch.  When I fire up Plex to watch the video the client would see that Joe's server has other remote connections so it would automatically pull the video from Bob's server that isn't busy.     T… ---
**Author:** ![hellot1m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hellot1m](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hellot1m)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/5 "2019-09-02T17:25:12Z")
That’s sad ☹ one from 2014 and another from 2015. So basically we should make more 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/6 "2019-09-02T18:07:00Z")
Nope. I will close duplicates. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/7 "2021-01-14T16:13:49Z")
Closed on January 14, 2021, 4:13pm UTC Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multi-computer-single-server/455799/8 "2021-06-10T00:22:25Z")
Archived on June 10, 2021, 12:22am UTC