dh22r Posted October 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted October 20, 2018 can anyone tell me the downsides of having a separate mini PC (i.e. intel nuc) to front as the plex server instead of using the DSM? my current setup is an asrock J1900DC-ITX in a fractal design node with 5 HDs (4 using onboard SATA, 1 using a iocreate SATA pci card). my DSM is ds3617xs on 6.2. the DSM is currently my plex server. if i buy a NUC J3455 (or J5005), install windows 10 home, install the latest plex server and add movies/TV media from the DSM, i can expect hw transcoding (enabled for plex pass holders) to work, right? thanks for any help. dh22r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadehawk Posted October 28, 2018 Share #2 Posted October 28, 2018 I currently have Plex installed on a separate PC and all my media in the Synology box. I don't see any downside and can easily handle almost 6 transcodes of 1080p H264 content down to 3Mb 720p to stream outside the home and zero issues direct stream to my home tv at full res. I am planning on moving SABnzdb , Sonarr, and Radar to the PC and see if my Synology box finally enters drive hibernation. As of now I have never seen my box enter that stage and drives are running 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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