macmann Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I have a relatively new Dell R430 Server with Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz I installed UNRAID recently with plex docker. Plex keeps buffering since it's running out of CPU. I had the same problem with VMware running a windows instance with plex. Any idea why it's doing this? I have 32GB ram installed. Single Processor. Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Are you certain it is buffering because it is running out of CPU? It could it be network issues, client you are using, source material, or transcode options. Probably a few more I am forgetting. Quote Link to comment
macmann Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 When I use a MACPRO I have no issues. Player is ROKU. Looking at the CPU usage, couple of the cores get pegged at 100%. Same problem happened when I was running VMware on the same box with a windows instance running Plex Server Quote Link to comment
whipdancer Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, macmann said: When I use a MACPRO I have no issues. Player is ROKU. Looking at the CPU usage, couple of the cores get pegged at 100%. Same problem happened when I was running VMware on the same box with a windows instance running Plex Server I assume when you are using a MacPro native, it's not buffering (vs. OSX on a VM). So I ran across this info that might help... Your CPU vs. mine https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Xeon-E5-2620-vs-Intel-i5-2400/1214vs793 And then this comment in the Plex forums...https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1495510/#Comment_1495510 Quote avoid those with a 'single thread rating' below of 1350 points Edited May 1, 2018 by whipdancer updated info Quote Link to comment
macmann Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Thanks whipdancer. I thought it was a processor issue for a long time. I'll look at which processors will work with the r430 board. Quote Link to comment
macmann Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 My CPU is the 2.10GHZ model which has a single thread rating of 1541 which should be okay??? Quote Link to comment
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