Kryspy Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I thought I had a grasp on CPU pinning but now I am unsure. I upgraded to an i7 to naturally have more cores to assign. If I give my Windows 10 VM cores 0-5 and Pin cores 6 & 7 to Plex why does my gaming stutter when someone is watching Plex? Shouldn't Plex only use those 2 cores ? Krispy Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Kryspy, I don't have the answer but how is your memory and disks allocated? Just wondering if it's related to memory disk caching or something? EDIT: Just realised Plex isn't in a VM.... my bad... Quote Link to comment
archedraft Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I wouldn't pin anything to core 0 because unRAID starts with core 0 when it is doing its various tasks. Try pinning your win cores to 2-7 instead. Also I'm assuming plex is a docker? I don't have plex pinned to any cores and it runs flawlessly. Edit: I noticed you were specifically talking about gaming which I don't do on a typical basis. Is plex transcoding something and sending it over the network? Maybe lack of upload speed due to plex and a online game? Quote Link to comment
NotYetRated Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 PCIe lanes could also be an issue. Are you using a hard drive controller, or on board SATA? Your graphics subsystem may be taxing the lanes that your disks are sitting on, and if they are doing any heavy lifting.... /shrug Just a thought to consider. Quote Link to comment
Kryspy Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Related to transcoding and uploading outside my network to friends and family. Plex is in a docker. I have an upload speed of 10 Mbps and each individual is capped at 3 Mbps although typically there is never more than one on at a time. So I have left unRAID cores 0,1 Plex 2,3 and my Windows 10 VM cores 4-7. Will see how this works out. I should add that I am playing a local installed game without multiplayer at the time. Only one PCIe slot which my graphic card occupies. Hard drives are onboard SATA only. I'll just see how this works out with this configuration and see what happens. I think I had cores 0-3 assigned to my VM before. Didn't realize unRAID would try to grab it first. Kryspy Quote Link to comment
jonp Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Related to transcoding and uploading outside my network to friends and family. Plex is in a docker. I have an upload speed of 10 Mbps and each individual is capped at 3 Mbps although typically there is never more than one on at a time. So I have left unRAID cores 0,1 Plex 2,3 and my Windows 10 VM cores 4-7. Will see how this works out. I should add that I am playing a local installed game without multiplayer at the time. Only one PCIe slot which my graphic card occupies. Hard drives are onboard SATA only. I'll just see how this works out with this configuration and see what happens. I think I had cores 0-3 assigned to my VM before. Didn't realize unRAID would try to grab it first. Kryspy What CPU? Something like a 4790k? Might have something for you to try if your last test doesn't bare any fruit. Quote Link to comment
Kryspy Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Using a i7 4790 (non K). I'll keep you updated. Krispy Quote Link to comment
NotYetRated Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Related to transcoding and uploading outside my network to friends and family. Plex is in a docker. I have an upload speed of 10 Mbps and each individual is capped at 3 Mbps although typically there is never more than one on at a time. So I have left unRAID cores 0,1 Plex 2,3 and my Windows 10 VM cores 4-7. Will see how this works out. I should add that I am playing a local installed game without multiplayer at the time. Only one PCIe slot which my graphic card occupies. Hard drives are onboard SATA only. I'll just see how this works out with this configuration and see what happens. I think I had cores 0-3 assigned to my VM before. Didn't realize unRAID would try to grab it first. Kryspy How did ya cap your Plex uploads at 3mbps? Quote Link to comment
Kryspy Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Set remote quality under the web tab. Kryspy Quote Link to comment
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