Even mpeg2 / h264 / h265 HD media, its streaming bandwidth won't exceed single spinner disk or 1Gb network throughput. So if you found always buffering / slow response it should be other issue, like SW / HW encode/ decode issue. I store / playback HD media no problem with array disk ( SMB file sharing ), but you must keep array serve this at the time without other heavy workload. The reason use pool ( stripe data ) just because I need performance for multiple access and as quick as possible to complete different disk task . I use Unraid in 7th years, come from consumer Synology / Qnap NAS, many different change / config / build in those year.

 

13 hours ago, comet424 said:

figured maybe a cctv needs its own computer? 

In general not need, I use Unifi Video ( UVC ), it first host by a baremetal J1900 Windows PC, then change to Unraid Windows VM, then change to docker version. The resources usage really low now as no need Windows. But UVC rather basic and have't any elegant feature, so the requirement also low end. System usage always in few percent for host all docker.

 

 

13 hours ago, comet424 said:

what kinda motherboard you use too.. as i find my gaming motherboards never have enough pci  slots to add extra stuff... or what not...

Using Asus X299-A II platform, have 8x 32G and 48 lane CPU provide 16+16+8 PCIe slot, all in hotplug disk rack case.

 

On 6/11/2023 at 3:14 AM, Vr2Io said:

I may try put 1 pool to ZFS, but no timeline as ZFS new to me.

Yesterday change the 12 disks to ZFS pool in RAIDz1 x2 ( RAID5 x2 ), read / write performance drop half but have some kind redundancy. Have fun now ......

 

 

Edited June 13, 20233 yr by Vr2Io

ah ok.. for your videos .. how long does it take when you load a video you said you dont use plex.. like for me its pretty quick  if its just vlc player on my windows machine... i just find it slow going through plex...  its buffering or its just spinning at first.. so i figured  well maybe strip it.. to get fastest speed   over a 1GB  network..   dont have 10g .. and i play through my Xbox Plex...

 

as for the cctv  ya i cant get it to work right on shinobi  what program you use?  i find when i do add a camera  on the screen  it doesnt stream smoothly its like a video shot ever 5 seconds  or 10   and nothing moves smoothly..  but i did change motherboard and ram..  but havent re tested yet.. but it was a headache so i shelved it for a bit

 

ya i never had synology.. i cam from using Windows Home Server 2003 and Home Server 2011 and since windows stopped making it..  i found Unraid which i really like..  i tried freenas but you cant just add hard drives easilly as you go..  you need to buy all the hds you need at first and set up... so i went the unraid and so far i got 5 licenses i use between myself and i bought for my sister.. 

 

so your motherboard is a server motherboard then.. if you got 8 32gib ram sticks...   and does it do everything you need?  i just bought another x570 motherboard  making a archive server  so it will only come on once a week and just backup files either off my main server or off the backup server... so i just have extra  backups of my pictures and home videos and docs etc...

 

so then my 1gb and single spinners should be ok..  if you were to have like 2-4 people watching off plex..  would the 1gb  or single spinner still be ok?  

 

and is this setup for home use  for multiaccess..  thats why i was wondering   if i had 2-4 people using plex maybe i needed to strip a pool  raid 0  and put the videos on there just to expand the speed.  i dunno  always looking to improve things  🙂

 

7 hours ago, comet424 said:

if its just vlc player on my windows machine...

Same, because player machine just like that.

 

7 hours ago, comet424 said:

i just find it slow going through plex...

So it should be Plex issue, does media playback need transcode, pls try does hardware decode would help. Something as below. There also many post about that.

 

 

7 hours ago, comet424 said:

you need to buy all the hds you need at first and set up...

Yes, because Unraid array is some kind file pooling won't bonding different disk in group, but not suitable for multiple access.

 

7 hours ago, comet424 said:

if you got 8 32gib ram sticks...   and does it do everything you need?

Those 256GB ram useful when I still only using array because it help speedup things, but as buying more and more disk to form some pools, then you basically not need that.

 

7 hours ago, comet424 said:

 if i had 2-4 people using plex maybe i needed to strip a pool  raid 0  and put the videos on there just to expand the speed. 

Yes.

ah ok...  so for plex no transcoding needed .. as its all direct play from xbox  to plex  or PC to plex..  i dont do the phone  at home and my internet is too slow less then 500k upload so i just do it at home...

plus i think u need to buy the full blown plex to get hardware transcoding

 

so if unraid is not suitable for multiaccess   then freenas is better for that?  or unraid with the zfs.... so whats good about having multi pools well i know for what i got.. but it seems its a pain if you wanna expand a pool..  so if you have 10tb on one pool but you wanna upgrade it to 20 or 30tb.. its almsot like you gotta create a new pool... as you should have gotten enough hard drives the first time to do say 30tb 

is that correct?

 

so  when you do  256gb of ram  when you cache it does it also go straight to the array  or does it wait till midnight to offload   with the mover?   and is that 80 81 setting in the tweaks and tips  set for your 256gb...   

 

and i might do that  strip the data on some hard drives..

 

whats better when stripping.. more hard drives or like say if you can put it on 2 16s   or go to like 6 6tb drives... and would that max the network...  id like to get 10gb  just so i dont max out my unraid.. i find i loose connection sometimes if i do muiti copies  at once  if terminaled in and rsync  ill find i get connection losses  over 1gb  connection... 

 

but i always learning... learn something everday...  as i like to be able to maximise things 

i appreciate the help so far...  cuz it helps me try to better my setups  as i working on my archive server i wanna do once a week backup  and my backup server to backup each day..