@jibreela said:
@dduke2104 - What do you mean by HW and SW transcoding? What’s the difference?
HW=Hardware, SW=Software
And I too will mention in passing that you should check the Plex TOS before making this a commercial proposition.
@dduke2104 - I did not know that! Don’t want to get banned
How do I configure it to use software instead of hardware and vice versa?
You can’t, yet. HW transcoding is in a beta stage at the moment and only available to Plexpass users. It will be made available to more people “later” (no ETA given).
Any recommendations on a server case which has a built in hard drive bays? Or is it better to get 2 separate cases; 1 for server and 1 for hard drives?
Any links would be appreciated.
@buba013 said:
- change the ram to ECC and double it, you have two CPU’s so two sticks of ram per CPU
- 10 Gb networking or get 4 port card and team it
- Managed switch that supports LACP
you maybe able to get away with 2 x E5-2660 v3 save 900-1100 per CPU at cost of what about 1k pass mark per CPU then add a nice AMD GFX for HW encoding
the saving on CPU could be put into networking or better internet speed.
I currently have 200 Mbps upload I haven’t tested how many I can run yet.
Current server 1x E5 2697v3 M.2
Can you recommend a better motherboard bud? Here’s the one from my build https://www.amazon.com/Asus-Intel-LGA-Motherboard-Z9PA-D8-ASMB6-IKVM/dp/B00BRF7DAC
Dual-CPU with loads of hard drive connections and USB 3.0. Preferably something which has the stuff you recommended built in? There’s too many options I dont know which to choose from!!
@jibreela said:
@sremick - It’s for friends and family
Nice ninja edit. That is not what you admitted earlier.
