Sat down and figured out what my max transcode limit for my 2700X was and it is right around the 9 transcode mark (I ran 9 copies of a movie that had to transcode and that was right on the threshold of what it could handle)
In terms of actual users i have been hitting 7-8 at the same time transcoding so I imagine i am probably getting pretty close to my limit.
I am trying to proactively upgrade. With my current socket there is not really an upgrade path. I was thinking of a threadripper build but between the cpu, mobo and ram it is a pricey upgrade. I do have an old Asus Z9PE-D8 WS mobo kicking around and i was thinking of nabbing a pair of E5-2680 V2’s as they seem to be the sweet spot for performance.
Thoughts?
Also on a side note i am thinking about swapping out my SATA SSD with a NVME ssd, curious if that will help with thumbnail loading (or anything else)
Hmm interesting, about the same cost of the new CPUs. Only challenge I see is my Plex runs in a VM so I’d have to deal with getting the GPU passed through directly to the VM (which is Ubuntu). Also I thought you give up some quality on the hardware transcoding?
Edit: looks like my best bet is to switch to windows if I go the GPU route
Greetings. Sure, if the distinction is only that between what is a client, and what is to be the PMS server itself. Is this incorrect @ChuckPa? Lemme know & thx.
-wbm
ps. just perusing, forgive for jumping in but the last comment in this thread is worth explaining adequately beyond my own capabilities… but I do suspect a GPU isn’t all that worthwhile on a PMS server.
Windows video rendering is performed completely different than Linux.
Linux uses libva (runtime / application library) support . Windows has kernel level support.
This is why the best route for you to go is Windows with an external GPU at this time.
That Quadro p2000 under windows seems like a solid way to go then. I have this on unraid so I’ll have to deal with passing through the GPU directly to the VM but it shouldn’t be an issue. Also means I don’t have to go back to the power hungry xeons.
P2000 is definitely the way to go, if you can run it in windows you’ll get both encoding and decoding support. From my own testing if your CPU is powerful enough you can hit 28 h265 transcodes before it runs out of steam. Plenty for anyone I would assume.
