# Two NAS. One Library. CPU load balancing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/two-nas-one-library-cpu-load-balancing/606619>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows, server-mac, server-linux\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/two-nas-one-library-cpu-load-balancing/606619 "2020-06-23T13:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmileDe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@SmileDe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SmileDe)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/two-nas-one-library-cpu-load-balancing/606619/1 "2020-06-23T13:22:21Z")

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I’m trying to make two Plex servers but with one library.  
I have two separate (mirrored) NASes set up at different locations. I am trying to increase my capacity of transcoding as most of my library is in HEVC. But Plex web doesn’t play HEVC and transcodes them. I have many clients and would like to balance the load on the CPU over the two NASes.

Edit: I want them to seamlessly change servers instead of having to manually choose which server depending on which is slow. So they should appear as one library instead of as two servers.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/two-nas-one-library-cpu-load-balancing/606619/2 "2020-06-23T13:34:43Z")

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Plex is not designed for such a model. So you currently cannot do that without actually running 2 individual servers with 2 independent libraries.

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**Author:** ![shark2k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/shark2k/32/305908_2.png) [@shark2k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shark2k)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/two-nas-one-library-cpu-load-balancing/606619/3 "2020-06-23T13:45:33Z")

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Take a look at this, [[Release] UnicornTranscoder, create a Plex Transcoding Cluster](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-unicorntranscoder-create-a-plex-transcoding-cluster/281679/106)

It might be what you are looking for.

-Shark2k

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/two-nas-one-library-cpu-load-balancing/606619/4 "2020-09-21T13:45:45Z")

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