For a couple of years, I have been serving Plex to a few friends and family from an NVIDIA Shield Pro on a gigabit fiber. Before that, I served from a Raspberry Pi.
I have basic Linux skills, and my dream is to build a more automated setup. Unraid OS with Plex and -arr apps looks great to a non-expert like me.
So, I just picked up an unmolested original Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q 7500T with 16GB RAM, and a 256GB M.2. I have a spare 2.5" 2TB Samsung EVO 970 SSD that I could put in it; I also have a 3.5" WD Red 4TB external HDD.
Here are my questions:
- Do I need more RAM to be able to serve four 1080 streams at once?
- Should I use the SSD or HDD, or both?
- Any other advice or suggestions? It’s appreciated!
It’s a feature of the Intel GPU that the Plex server can use.
I think you do need Plex pass though, Jellyfin can do it for free.
I bought Plex Pass lifetime about 5 years ago, so will go hunting for that setting, thanks!
And it works on 7th gen Intel chips?
Yep, 7th gen and newer have quite good transcode quality.
Oh, I got lucky then. I thought it was only 8th gen onward, based on another user’s comment. Is there a name for the gpu tech, so I can look it up?
Just checked for your CPU and it has QuickSync! I thought it was just 8th Gen and onward.
Hey, thanks so much for following up! I was very happy to stumble into good fortune here :-)
It’s called quicksync
Thank you!
