Probably just haven’t found it but I need to move my plex server and data from Windows to QNAP. I have found random lists of directions but need s step-by-step to do this. Every time I start using the directions I have found, I get completely lost. Never dealt with QNAP before. Guidance?
Thanks!
My experience trying to run the Plex Server on QNAP, was a fizzle. The grinding that PMS requires, overwhelmed the QNAP to the extent that I was never able to get it to run reliably. However, using the QNAP as storage for my media files (including LIVE TV), works extremely well with a Windows based PMS. QNAP is better defined as a FILE SERVER, not as a full fledged Linux operating system that will behave like a PC or MAC. What model QNAP do you have?
There isn’t a step-by-step because how you do things will be different than how everyone else does things.
General guidance can be given, including some of the down-deep (step-by-step) for moving PMS internal data, but how you put it together is totally up to you.
As already asked, which QNAP do you have? If it’s not strong enough to run PMS better than your PC, then your best choice is to move the data to the NAS and simply use it as a NAS.
If you have a stronger QNAP, like a TS-453Be or better, now you have some actual good usable processing power for video transcoding. It will still have shortcomings but it will take you a large part of the journey for PMS and still house your data. If you are like me, with a big QNAP (TVS-1282), you can put everything on it and have room to spare.
The first step is:
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe keeping Plex on my PC since it is very powerful. Although it would be nice to move it off that.
I use .264 and .265 for video. I grow about 3-4TB a year.
I have a TVS-871-i5-8GB with 4x8TB although will probably up that to 16GB.
So, here is what I chose to do…
To run the PMS on my everyday PC, I had to consider that I would be sharing the PC’s resources with PMS and a tuner/trans-coder. Bottle necks would include the shared data stream from my Internet provider, and any devices (splitters, busy router, long runs of TV cable, etc) that would reduce the speed of the data. Gaming and other big CPU cycle-users might compromise the needs of the PMS.
Thankfully, PMS does not require a lot of computing power, but it does need a consistent data stream. I had to determine if my normal PC work and play would slow the PMS, and cause it to work under less than adequate conditions. That compromise concerned me.
I elected to get an Intel NUC micro-PC. It has an i5 processor and 16GB of memory. It is dedicated to my PMS with my QNAP as storage. The TS-251 has an Intel Celeron processor which handles all of my NAS activities, including keeping the media files flowing perfectly to and from the PMS.
All that was required for the QNAP was to create some shared directories/folders that I could give a drive ID to in Windows. Once PMS was told what drives to go to for the media, I was set. Windows 10, running PMS on a dedicated computer has made my PLEX experience about as enjoyable as it can get. The quality of the recordings and audio is RELIABLE and maintenance on the NUC computer is virtually nil.
You’re going to want to reverse the steps listed, but here is an older guide for transferring from QNAP to Windows.
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