Server recommendations ??

[x88dually]

Heres what i'm looking to buy 2 of, https://www.ebay.com/itm/SuperMicro-4U-CSE-846-24-Bay-SAS2-BP-X9DRi-F-2x-W-2x-E5-2620-16GB-IT-MODE/202743312268?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140131123730%26meid%3D95d5b28aee2e499dbfc3e439bb0fa44c%26pid%3D100167%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D174042242667%26itm%3D202743312268%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D5411&_trksid=p5411.c100167.m2940.

 

Both with upgraded memory and E5-2680v2's not sure about video cards yet. using to run Emby w/ 9 drives and 57Tb.

How much memory ???

[x88dually]

Woow

100 views and NOT one answer ? What a community. Didnt know the question was so difficult

[Squid]

I'm of the 100, and don't run emby therefore nothing of any value to add.  But, seems to me that since you've specified that your use is to run Emby on the server, the answer is to simply research how much memory does emby require / able to make use of.

[meep]

It would help if you could provide more information.

 

• How many simultaneous clients will access your Emby server?
• What kind of content will you be serving (audio only, SD video , HD video , UHD video)?
• Will you be using PVR capabilities or any other add ons?
• What transcoding expectations do you have?
• Will you be doing anything else with the server while expecting Emby to do its thing?

 

Maybe with a bit more info, someone could help. All of the above will dictae any recommendations.

 

I run Emby server and can have up to 2x simultaneous clients accessing anything up to UHD video. As it happens, I use the Emby plug-in for Kodi as my front end.

 

The Emby Server runs in a Docker for me on a Threadripper 2950X system with 64GB RAM. The system handles handles 2x OSX VMs @ 16GB each, a couple of 8GB headless Win10 VMs and a bunch of other dockers. All of these run and can be in various  states of use when Emby is accessed, so at worst, it's got to live in 16GB which it shares with the OS and other Dockers. 

 

The EmbyServer docker  sits at ˜100MB memory when idle. I haven't measured its activity when accessed by clients but I will and report back for you.

 

OK?

 

Edited December 21, 2019 by meep
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[meep]

So, here's a few grabs of various metrics when I'm simultaneous streaming one 1080P movie and another 4K movie to different clients

 

 

 

 

Thats with the load described above running as well.

 

One caveat, it's entirely possible my clients are set to direct stream rather than transcode.

 

Hope that helps. If you need any further information, testing or opinion, please don't hesitate to ask, I'll try my best to respond, time permitting., or someone else might chip in.

 

 

 

[x88dually]

Meep, thank you.

Thx for listing the memory you use, that helped alot.

 

Emby runs upto UHD 4 streams, usually direct streams, still converting library.

Vm's may be a few, not sure until i start playing with it.

Dockers will be a few.

Not sure about video cards, have to remove a few things in case to get to pdu to see if theres vid card plaugs. If not i'll find gtx 950 or 960's.

Also 1tb ssd for cache.

Should i get an ssd just for vm's ??

 

Unfortunately i bought those 2 servers in the middle of the week, got tired of waiting for someone to answer.

Either way, 1 dual e5-2680v2, 128 g ram, 1 dual e5-2660v2 128g ram, couldve saved $500 on the memory.

 

 

[meep]

You may find you'll end up using that memory if you spin up a few VMs etc.

You can use your cache for VM image files and add an SSD later if you like. Ive started passing through entire SSD drives to my VMs, but I don'tr think it makes a whole lot of difference to performance. Just make sure you don't put the image files on the array.

 

 

[x88dually]

ok, thx

 

in the middle of reading your blog, cool write ups.