I have an i7-2600k running Plex on my primary server. When remote clients transcode, the CPU can get a little taxed and local playback suffers. I have a second server, also an i7-2600, onto which I could very easily load Plex (unraid docker on both) and use nfs to mount the media from the primary …

Plex cannot do that. A modern CPU (less than 10 years old) might help your performance… you won’t even need an i7 for that. Especially since Kaby Lake and newer CPUs will also support hw-accelerated transcoding (i3/i5/i7-7xxx)

This person in Australia wrote up how he did it. But Plex doesn’t officially support load balancing. [image] GUIDE-Load Balancing Plex across 2 ISPs using an Ubiquiti Edgerouter X & EdgeOS General Discussions I have a made a guide for anyone needing to load balance their…

I was looking at moving to a Ryzen 7 2700x… I have an i5-7600k laying around but no motherboard. Would it easily surpass the i7-2600k, or should I suck it up and go with something from the last couple of years? I don’t like to upgrade once the system is set, and I never buy current gen equipment. …

Anyone? i5-7600k OK for a single home user, usually direct play, and a couple of remote clients on a crappy slow connection? 1080p content or less at this point, no plans to change.

Take a look at this thread, [Release] UnicornTranscoder, create a Plex Transcoding Cluster . That might accomplish what you are asking for. As @beckfield said, not officially supported by Plex, but this could possibly accomplish what you want. -Shark2k

[image] new_plex_user: i5-7600k OK for a single home user, usually direct play, and a couple of remote clients on a crappy slow connection? The i5-7500 will definitely work better than the 2600. The Intel graphics in the 7500 supports hardware accelerated transcoding of HEVC/H.265 video. Th…

Two Plex servers for load distribution?

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beckfield July 12, 2021, 11:25pm 3

This person in Australia wrote up how he did it. But Plex doesn’t officially support load balancing.

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Two Plex servers for load distribution?

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