Plex on Kubernetes - a story of a total disaster

[FordGuy61]

Some info on placing the Plex database on a network share:

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Plex’s metadata on a network share. (Advanced users only) This is NOT supported. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK Linux and NFS do work reliably but the degree of reliability is at your own risk subject to every involved software and hardware element involved. Proper operation is dependent on all layers between PMS and the actual data. PMS performance will decrease. The latency of the LAN is noticeable. ONLY use this if you cannot relocate the Library (metadata) to another location on your loca…

You can also search the forum for kubernetes. You’ll find many hits.

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Roadmap to allow network share for configuration data?

In the IT world when you setup standalone server you spin up a VM with a C and D drive. The idea being that data related to the server will go to the D drive and if the system needs to be wiped and reinstalled, the C drive can be reinstalled without losing any of the application data. Containers continue with this theme in that the container image is considered ephemeral, and that it could be replaced with a newer version at any time. This strategy requires that data be stored either using a …