Would this unit be powerful enough to be a good Plex Server

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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It’ll make for a decent Plex client, but not a server IMHO.

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I will, slightly, disagree with Otto. I think it would make an adequate server if the following apply:

  1. Most or all of your media is in a format to direct play
  2. You never want to stream two or more transcoded 1080p streams
  3. You do not want to play even one transcoded stream that is 4k
  4. your total number of direct play streams will not exceed 5 or 6 at the same time.
  5. The server will have NO other regular tasks.

If all of those are met then it could be a decent server.

Note: During library creation there will be a good bit of overhead so the above criteria will be even tighter. I would not judge performance until after the libraries are created and stable.

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Thanks. I think the processor might too low for my needs. My current server is a tower with a Xeon processor and this unit would be a step down.

But I’m shopping around for a more energy efficient rig.

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Maybe this instead older PMS with newer clients?

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