I have 2 Pc’s running plex server. All my movies are on teh NAS.
I would like to move the Userdata/Database to my NAS and have both pc’s use that shared location so 2 machines are not crawling and indexing the same content.
I found this Forum link in the Mac Forum group: http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/10395-sharing-plex-database-with-multiple-computers/
I think the User data is in: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server<br />
Do I change the registry, config, or XML file after moving the Database to point to the NAS drive?
Ref: http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexNine_Tips_and_Tricks#Moving_a_Database_from_one_Server_to_another
I am looking at doing the same thing. Well almost
I have a PLEX server running on a synology NAS and want to manage the database from a PC plex server.
In other words I want to share the database so I can update either from the NAS or from the PC.
As I see it, I need to point the PC default directory paths to the NAS instead of the PC.
If anyone has idea how to do this I would appreciate it.
Same as above
It won’t work the way you want because each server is autonomous.
The techie answer is the database engine itself, while supporting multiple readers, only permits one writer. If you have two different OS instances (not synced with each other) attempting to take a ‘network database lock’, there is no mechanism there to support such functionality. That is only like what you would find in a full SQL server database (from Oracle, etc)
Thanks for clear techie answer. I am a former developer, so i understand the constraint you are referring to.
Maybe the next PMS major shift should be to enable enterprise scale deployments with Plex farms sharing the same content database through a Database server. Would be great to be able to load balance transcoding 
Has this been addressed or added?
I’m looking to do the transcoding on a server (Primary) and I have to the movies on the NAS. The server is loud, so when I have guests I shut it off. I’d like to then let the DS918+ (Backup) do the transcoding and just connect to that server. I don’t want to make changes to both servers when I want to update the posters, or meta data, etc.
I’m fine having 2 different Plex media servers, but if I make changes to one, I’d like it to reflect in the other. Even if it only updates once a day.
@sstepina said:
Has this been addressed or added?I’m looking to do the transcoding on a server (Primary) and I have to the movies on the NAS. The server is loud, so when I have guests I shut it off. I’d like to then let the DS918+ (Backup) do the transcoding and just connect to that server. I don’t want to make changes to both servers when I want to update the posters, or meta data, etc.
I’m fine having 2 different Plex media servers, but if I make changes to one, I’d like it to reflect in the other. Even if it only updates once a day.
PMS is not ‘multi-homed’ so there is no sharing between them except for the media files over the network.
You can set the library setting to ‘automatically detect changes’. Changes to media will automatically show up in the both
If you have two servers setup (independent of each other), when one is shut down, you can select the other in the Server selector.
How about this:
I have all my data (movies tv shows etc) on 2 NASs. I have a Plex Server setup on a windows 10 PC (dedicated).
I’d like to setup a second Plex Server at my son’s house who lives across town. But I’d like his Plex Server to scan and create a local dB from my NASs. In summary all that would reside on my sons Plex Server is the Plex DB and transcoding.
Can that be done.
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