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Proper RAM and drive for ThinkCentre M710Q running Unraid/Plex/-arr (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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!
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you use quicksync hardware transcoding it'll handle a bunch of 1080p streams without a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that a client setting or Plex server setting? I haven’t noticed it before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, 7th gen and newer have quite good transcode quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's called quicksync

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just checked for your CPU and it has QuickSync! I thought it was just 8th Gen and onward.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/97121/intel-core-i57500t-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-30-ghz.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, thanks so much for following up! I was very happy to stumble into good fortune here :-)