July 19, 201510 yr Any comments on which would be better? I'm about to upgrade from a v5 installation to a v6, and this should be a great occasion to replace my existing Cache Drive (and especially the Plex Library and transcode folders) with an SSD. Usage Patterns: Array WD Red x6 + 1 HGST Parity, core i3 4150 16gb, on X10SL7-F Currently mostly used as a Media Server, using PLEX. Maximum 3 streams at a time. My transfers to the Cache drive varies from about 50gb, to 200+ gb at a time Ideally one should now use a 2x SSD Cache Pool, running plex off the pool... Existing Setup, on unraid v5: Cache WD Black 750gb (2.5-inch, 1.5 years old) > Includes Plex Library and Transcode Folders (all in a share-only App folder). Covers and menu currently takes some time to load!! Upgrade option 1, on unraid v6 Benefit: no more spinners for cache drive; straightforward clean upgrade from unraid v5 to v6 Upgrade Cache Drive to Samsung 850 Evo 500gb SSD > Includes Plex Library and Transcode Folders (all in a share-only App folder) Upgrade option 2, on unraid v6 Benefit: I get to upgrade my PC gaming drive from a 256gb to a 500gb No change to Cache Drive WD Black 750gb (2.5-inch) Add 2-year old SSD from PC (about 6.5TBW) Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD For Plex Library and Transcode Folders Upgrade option 3, on unraid v6 Benefit: Same as 1 and 2, but at 1/2 the Cache Swap Cache Drive Add 2-year old Samsung 840 Pro 256 gb (about 6.5TBW) > Includes Plex Library and Transcode Folders (all in a share-only App folder)
July 19, 201510 yr If you have enough RAM you can set your transcode folder to /tmp. Memory is even faster than SSD.
July 19, 201510 yr I have a limited number of drive slots and I didn't want a spinner on 24x7, so I went with the 512 GB SSD cache drive option. A 256 might work, but this leaves plenty of room for VMs and doing things like this: https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=33864.msg393993#msg393993 For Plex transcoding specifically, see https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=37553.0
July 19, 201510 yr My setup of a pair of 500GB Crucial BX100 is working really well. The BX100s are running off the Intel chipset SATAs. All the array drives run off a LSI card. Performance is great in Plex, instant browsing and it transcodes pretty well.
July 22, 201510 yr Author Thanks guys! Interesting stuff! I'd wonder if 16gb of RAM is enough - my Plex transcodes to the Roku is always done at 20mbps. I would love to upgrade to 32gb, though at the moment purchasing another 16gb ECC memory would hurt a little, haha.
July 22, 201510 yr If you have enough RAM you can set your transcode folder to /tmp. Memory is even faster than SSD. This is what I do and I have not experienced any issues.
July 22, 201510 yr If you have enough RAM you can set your transcode folder to /tmp. Memory is even faster than SSD. This is what I do and I have not experienced any issues. Sorry for the stupid question but where do you set this location?
July 22, 201510 yr I created a volume mapping for it as /transcode -> /tmp Then in your plex server settings under transcoder (make sure you click show advanced) set the "Transcoder temporary directory" to your docker volume mapping. This will allow you to swap the Host path to anything you want (/tmp for RAM or anywhere else on your system)
July 22, 201510 yr I created a volume mapping for it as /transcode -> /tmp Then in your plex server settings under transcoder (make sure you click show advanced) set the "Transcoder temporary directory" to your docker volume mapping. This will allow you to swap the Host path to anything you want (/tmp for RAM or anywhere else on your system) OH! That's brilliant! Thank you!
July 22, 201510 yr I created a volume mapping for it as /transcode -> /tmp Then in your plex server settings under transcoder (make sure you click show advanced) set the "Transcoder temporary directory" to your docker volume mapping. This will allow you to swap the Host path to anything you want (/tmp for RAM or anywhere else on your system) OH! That's brilliant! Thank you! Also see https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=37553.0
July 27, 201510 yr Author Does migrating from 32bit to 64bit of plex work okay on the existing 32bit library files? I don't want Plex to sift through the entire library again; and more importantly, re-do all the manual edits to the Plex libraries all over again!!! https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/88712/migrating-plex-from-32-to-64-bit-on-ubuntu-should-i-expect-issues I'm replacing my file server's dusty Pentium-based innards with some beefier Core i5 hardware. I'm currently running Ubuntu x86, but plan on a clean install with the x64 version. My question: can I expect to install PMS x64 and simply plop my existing 32-bit "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server" directory in the same spot? Will that work for maintaining my settings, preferences etc... or are there significant changes/issues I should be aware of? Thanks for any insight.
July 27, 201510 yr I had no issues following this document when i moved from Phaze's v5 plugin to needo's plex container. https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201370363-Move-an-Install-to-Another-System
August 7, 201510 yr Author Finally moved to unraid v6!! Setting up unraid and plugins up was much easier than I expected!! Did a clean install (with several safe .cfg files from v5) on an 850 EVO. Not sure whether I've made the right choice in using LimeTech's Plex docker install, than Needo's. Took a while to figure out the mapping of Plex Library directories. Needed to install and run Plex once to see where the Library directory goes, then used the command line to copy the Plex libraries from the old cache drive over to the new SSD. Plex posters now load so much faster!
July 24, 20187 yr On 8/7/2015 at 12:07 PM, Shunz said: Finally moved to unraid v6!! Setting up unraid and plugins up was much easier than I expected!! Did a clean install (with several safe .cfg files from v5) on an 850 EVO. Not sure whether I've made the right choice in using LimeTech's Plex docker install, than Needo's. Took a while to figure out the mapping of Plex Library directories. Needed to install and run Plex once to see where the Library directory goes, then used the command line to copy the Plex libraries from the old cache drive over to the new SSD. Plex posters now load so much faster! so let me just confirm you went with Option #1 it looks like and used a 500 GB SSD as an Unraid Host & Cache/Transcode drive? I'm looking to do something similar and was wondering. I have 2x 250GB SSD and was thinking should i use 1 as Unraid Host + Plex docker storage and 2nd 250GB SSD as Transcoding/ Cache ? will this be a recommended in my case , thanks guys.
July 24, 20187 yr Simplest is to create a cache pool of 2 SSD disks. This pool can be used by plex to store database information and as transcoding cache.
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