February 9, 201511 yr Hi Guys Wasn't sure where to post this but what are the cut off points of effective memory usage in a plex server. If I put in 32 gig dcc memory will I see a increase in transcoding speed vs say 16 gig of memory. Will plea load more into memory and work there versus read/write more smaller portions. Want to finish building my server but don't want to waste money if i will see no effective gain of having 32 gig memory. Besides plex (and sab/sick/ etc) I won't be running anything else (i.e. vm's etc) Thanks for the help
February 9, 201511 yr Im currently runing, SAB, SB, CP and Plex on 8 gigs, I routinely run 3 hd stream with issue. CPU is a AMD Tri Core. I dont think the 32bit version can address more than 3.7gigs. Any more that 8 would probably be a waste. I used to ran Here is a cut and paste that I found on the Plex site. Windows, Macintosh, or Linux computer Minimum Requirements — no transcoding Intel Core 2 Duo processor 1.6 GHz or better At least 1GB RAM for Windows/Mac OS X At least 512MB RAM for Linux Windows: Vista SP2 or later OS X: Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later (64-bit) Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE Linux Recommended Configuration — transcoding HD Content: Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.4 GHz or better If transcoding for multiple devices, a faster CPU may be required At least 2GB RAM Windows: Vista SP2 or later OS X: Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later (64-bit) Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE Linux
February 9, 201511 yr Im currently runing, SAB, SB, CP and Plex on 8 gigs, I routinely run 3 hd stream with issue. CPU is a AMD Tri Core. I dont think the 32bit version can address more than 3.7gigs. Any more that 8 would probably be a waste. I used to ran Here is a cut and paste that I found on the Plex site. It would appear that 2gigs is enough for Plex and a gig or two more your other apps. I say, save your money and get spend it on a hard drive. Windows, Macintosh, or Linux computer Minimum Requirements — no transcoding Intel Core 2 Duo processor 1.6 GHz or better At least 1GB RAM for Windows/Mac OS X At least 512MB RAM for Linux Windows: Vista SP2 or later OS X: Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later (64-bit) Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE Linux Recommended Configuration — transcoding HD Content: Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.4 GHz or better If transcoding for multiple devices, a faster CPU may be required At least 2GB RAM Windows: Vista SP2 or later OS X: Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later (64-bit) Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE Linux
February 9, 201511 yr Realistically if you're not going to run any virtual machines, 8GB is plenty. But with DDR4 memory, which the system you're building requires, you can't buy 4GB modules, so I'd install at least a pair of 8GB modules, so your memory subsystem will run in dual channel mode. That won't be as fast as it can be (since your system has a quad channel memory controller) ... but it's unlikely you'll notice the difference -- and you can always add another pair of modules to boost it up to 32GB and quad channel speed as a later upgrade (when it's very likely the memory will be appreciably less expensive.
February 9, 201511 yr ... Note: My initial thought r.e. your question "... How much memory is too much ..." was to just answer with a couple smiley faces :) Old computer adage: You can NEVER have too much memory; too much storage; or too fast a processor !!
February 9, 201511 yr Author So if I understand correctly it is faster to run 4 x 8 gig then it is 2 x 16???
February 9, 201511 yr So if I understand correctly it is faster to run 4 x 8 gig then it is 2 x 16??? Yes, because you have a quad-channel memory controller. [Assuming this is for the system discussed in your other thread with the E5 series Xeon.] ... but the difference in speed won't be all that significant, so if your ultimate goal is to expand well beyond 32GB you may want to go with 2 x 16 and then eventually add another 2 16GB modules.
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