Thx a lot for the quick reply! I ordered a HDMI one
So i almost got all the pieces together for my NAS/Plex Server. The only thing i am not sure about is the LSI SAS card. You said the LSI 9207-8i was the fastest and most compatible but are those cards something that tend to disappear from the market or can i just buy them later when i want to use more than the 6 HDDs my Board supports.
I ask because i donāt see many offers on Ebay on Germany, most of them come from Chinaā¦
And lastly: i once had a server based on Ubuntu 20.04 and everything ran fine other than the ssh with Putty from Windows to that server. Yes, i could use the terminal, but the remote desktop always failed. Even tho xming and x11 was set up.
Strangely on a RPi 3B+ i could do itā¦
Has this been fixed? I didnāt want to always connect a monitor to it or rely on the terminal
I can get the shares to mount manually. Iāve tried following Mthrboardās guide for autofs.
I can never get the drive to mount. I have the mnt folders I want created.
I thought you were asking about auto-moutning folders/files from a machine running Windows, using SMB, which I think I can help with. Does your QNAP run Windows and youāre using SMB/CIFS to share with the Ubuntu machine?
PLEX Media Server on Windows 10 + HD Homerun (cablecard) playback to 1080p TV. PLEX serves 2 Amazon Fire Sticks on Samsung TVs. All our Devices are HD or less, nothing at 4k. Typically no more than 1 or 2 streams.
Cost of that Vostro unit is $650 before tax + shipping.
I just bought the HP ProDesk 600 G4 with i5-8500T (6 cores, 8th gen intel cpu) and 16GB memory, no disk for $300 + tax, shipped on ebay. I love that this system has 2 nvme and a sata internally and usb-c, plus the additional cores. Looking at getting a Samsung evo plus 970 NVMe 1TB ($160) drive to start. Hoping to find a deal on some memory to bring the system up to 32GB (could have paid an extra $80 to go from 16GB to 32GB).
I currently have a 9 year old Unraid/Plex server/NAS (i5-3750k) in a 6 drive bay itx case. Last year I added a GTX 1060 to offload hw transcoding, so now I can sell or use this card for gaming instead.
Plex, VM and Docker workload will move to the HP ProDesk, but Iām not too sure what to do about the NAS part of my old server. Eventually I want to retire the server after I figure out the best option for NAS.
Does anyone have a recommendation for prebuilts that 1. Can handle a ton of different docker services running on a few different proxmox VMs, 2. Have as much transcoding power as possible, 3. Are in a smaller form factor if possible, 4. Where cost isnāt a significant concern and 5. If there arenāt great prebuilt options, whatās a good starting point to build around? Looking for as much power as I can get out of it without making the thing unwieldy.
Pick the important ones because you arenāt going to get all that in a single box, and it really is silly to try.
Server processors with high thread counts make the most sense for multiple VMās and dockers. But they arenāt going to have quick sync, which is ideal for transcoding.
You can buy or build a low cost box that will excel at transcoding but be terrible for multiple VMs, and you can buy or build a box that will be great for VMās but terrible at transcoding.
Thanks for the reply. I think Iād be okay with having two separate boxes (would appreciate suggestions for any prebuilt standouts). I had a NUC order in before I found this thread and realized Iād probably be overpaying for less performanceā¦ But thereās a lot to get my head around here so I thought Iād ask.
Edit: I landed on a 7080 micro for the main server. Next step is to look more closely at a standalone transcoding box.
Novice hereā¦ I am doing this and using a pro desk 400 g4 as a dedicated Plex server/transcoder. I then obviously want all the actual storage/downloads to go to my Unraid NAS (separate machine).
This is a first time setup so no need to transfer/migrate anything from a previous setup.
So in following the directions for the software setup, I am confused on what steps are for the Plex server and which ones are for the Unraid NAS (two separate machines).
Apologies for the elementary question! If I have missed a previous post or explanation please feel free to forward.
Currently setup:
NAS with Unraid installed
proDesk with Ubuntu 20.04 installed and Plex (plex pass purchased)
HdHR connect duo
ā Now I just need them to talk!!
This whole experience has been so much fun. Itās like legos for adults!
Newbie here. Trying to upgrade an ancient plex server. Currently using win 10 with an i7-940, 48gb ram, random video card (nvidia geforce gt 710) for display connectivity, sabertooth x58 mobo.
A buddy is giving me a prodesk 600 sff g4 with an i5-8500, and 8gb ram, with a 256gb nvme.
All of my media is in the i7 desktop, on 4 8tb red drives. My setup is automated with sonarr and radarr.
I plan on following this tutorial, but dont have a nas, and 2 of the 8tb hdd in the desktop, were setup as extended storage in disk utility. Do I need a nas? Can I use my current build to act as the storage for the media, and still have it use sonarr and radarr? How do I go about connecting my storage to the prodesk after setting it up?
@Dondochaka, I have an HP ProDesk 600 G4 mini running Unraid, with Plex on docker (quicksync hw transcoding), and 32GB RAM for some moderate to light VM workload. I have a seperate unraid server acting as a NAS since the HP ProDesk mini has limited storage.
Not sure if you can do the above with proxmox. You would need to create a VM and pass it the internal GPU, but since you only have one GPU on the system, Iām not sure if that would work. If you had a normal dedicated GPU that can handle transcoding, then it wouldnāt be a problem using proxmox. Considering youāre posting in a quicksync thread, I donāt think you want to do that.
I currently do hardware conversions (with handbrake) of whatever files I have to H.264 (for best compatibility across a wide range of devices).
I use quick sync video and I have a couple of i5 (3rd generation) systems/CPUs.
Iām very happy with the conversion speed.
I have not noticed any quality issue in my modest setup (a 42" 1080p TV).
File size is where I wish they were smaller. The same file converted via software can easily be half the size of the hardware encoded one.
Now, my question is, if I upgrade the CPU to a more modern QSV (eg the Intel Celeron G4900 - 8th-gen dual core here mentioned) where would I see the major improvements for H.264 conversions, please?
Speed, quality, file size or all of them?