thatonethur Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Not sure if this is the right forum, but I'm interested in moving to Unraid from Windows Server for a more stable platform. Right now I run WS2016 with Plex, Emby, Blue Iris and a few other items on the system. Blue Iris, Plex and Emby all "share" access to Intel IGP and thus quicksync, in other words, since it's Windows I don't have to dedicate usage to a specific application. Now, if I move to Unraid, will I be able to utilize quicksync on my I7-7700 across multiple docker containers? Will I be able to "share" it with both Plex and Emby to allow for hardware acceleration in both containers, possibly at the same time? I understand that I won't be able to pass the IGP to a VM and utilize it in a docker container, but I'm more interested in allowing it in multiple docker containers. I'm looking in to moving or at least review Shinobi in place of Blue Iris, so that would also likely utilize quicksync. Please move this topic to the proper forum if I posted in the wrong one. Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Now, if I move to Unraid, will I be able to utilize quicksync on my I7-7700 across multiple docker containers?Yes. I have Quicksync Video enabled for Plex and Handbrake containers and also had it working at the same time in Emby when I was testing it (before you had to buy Premiere to get hardware transcoding).I have had QSV working simultaneously on multiple transcodes with Plex and Handbrake. All you have to is to pass through /dev/dri properly in each docker container where you want QSV used.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment
thatonethur Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 This is great news... thank you for the quick reply. This was my last obstacle before making the commitment to move. Now, I've just got to plan moving all my data across from Windows Server to Unraid with basically only one spare drive to do it! Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 53 minutes ago, thatonethur said: Now, I've just got to plan moving all my data across from Windows Server to Unraid with basically only one spare drive to do it! If you can't restore your critical data from backups, you need to rethink your storage strategy. Unraid or RAID are not a substitute for backups. A better plan would be to add the capacity you need with fresh drives, and use your current drives as backup media. Quote Link to comment
thatonethur Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Understood. My critical data has multiple backups both on-site and off-site, it's more of the various JBODs of entertainment media. It was split logically based on content type, but yeah, getting it pulled in to unraid with it's parity drive(s) would be a win for it. Quote Link to comment
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