@ChuckPa
I have been unable to convince them to update the kernel or move me. Could you possibly include the output of
ps -o nlwp $(pidof ‘Plex Transcoder’)
On your server that is running the same hardware while transcoding something? If you can show yours doesn’t also produce a similar output, I might be able to convince them to upgrade the kernel.
Just wanted to say this was definitely an issue with specific hardware/configuration/kernel. I wound up moving to a dedicated machine where I could control the kernel and I don’t have the same issues on a current kernel. The thread count is similar to my and @ChuckPa’s other machines (less than 100 even with a streams running).