5 First Plex Media Server Build Mistakes

These are some mistakes that can cost you time and/or money when building a dedicated Plex Media Server.

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[allcoolgaming]

1. Plex Does Not Require Tons of Ram 1:34
2. Old Graphics Card or With Not Enough Graphics Card Ram 5:05
3. Not Enough Storage 7:30
4. Back-Up Battery 9:09
5. Your SATA Cable Could Be The Real Problem... 11:15

Additional 6: SSD for Plex Data 14:10

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[Max]

"8GB is still doable" meanwhile my Plex server is happily running in a docker container with 2GB, works flawlessly! Have about ~20 users.

[Widur]

You cannot say RAM does not matter and then say, 16 Gb is the BARE MINIMUM but 8 Gb is also fine. How is anybody supposed to draw useful information from statements like that?

[Akkbar]

This dude is overkill crazy. Unless you are hosting 20 concurrent viewers, this is all overkill.

[Naddelable]

7 Seagates running 24/7 since 2017. No problem so far.

[RightAsReign]

I’m running Linux lite on a 16yr old core 2 with 8gb of ddr2. Firefox running on the desktop with Plex media server in the background 700 MB average . Never goes above one gigabyte ram usage. Been running plex server on that old Dell OptiPlex coming up 10 years and it just won’t die. It although it can only transcode 1 or 2 streams at once it generally doesn’t do any transcoding because all my media is 1080 and streamed original quality. It manages simultaneous 4 streams in my house easily. 6tb nas drive and 128gb ssd for OS. Its only job is to be a plex server and has never failed me since paying $50 for it off eBay 10 years ago. The drives cost more than the pc lol

[Moonwired]

Very good not so much Plex stuff but more serverbuilding tips.

[RemyL]

Been following your Plex videos for years, so I knew all of this and even seen you recovering from some of the don'ts you listed.
That said, my improvements to my original Plex server were:
Better CPU (AMD Ryzen is so beautiful)
SATA cables (depending on the run, 18-24" with locking mechanism and 6Gbps speed. Also, buy spares!)
Drive Expansion: I am still using the same tower case i bought 7 years ago (Xigmatek Elysium) that had cages to allow up to 12 HDDs. I have expanded/modded that to where it now fits 20 hot-swappable HDDs and 4 stationary HDDs with an option to add an additional cage for 4 more stationary HDDs.
OS: I am neck deep into UnRaid for 3 servers now and plans for an additional one.
Network: 10G network helps with the file transfers A LOT!
SATA Card: while the PCIe 1x sata cards were working fine, I switched to a 16-port SAS-to-SATA card and my Parity checks went from 2 days to 22 hours.
Also, SSDs and NVMe drives are amazing. Use them when you can and if you can afford them.


I think that's it. As always, thank you for the videos. Also, please stop hating on Seagate lol.

[lavoice]

This Guy... Man... Your videos have gotten so much better and your on-camera performance, so confident. I stopped watching your videos more than a year ago, because there was some awkwardness and cheesyness to them that I couldn't shake off. But man. I'm back :) Great work man. Thanks for all the work.

[ImCrazyCow]

The Seagate RIPs are as for the Sata Cables I have had 5 go bad over the years so I fully agree on that. I changed all my Battery back ups from APC to Tripp-lite BC Battery Back UPS here in FL should be Mandatory and even though I have back up generators on all my properties, I also 5K Back Ups on every server or PC.
Yes I know its over kill but when you buy 10 Tripp-lite Commercial Version you get a huge discount! I have everything Plugged into them from Monitors to Modems! Most get me 90ish mins of time except the main which I am adding a external battery bank to boost it to 10k! Good video Jason!!! Cow}:-o)

[austinhunt]

“It has to be said for that one person who is running their plex data on a 2 tb drive”

Honestly I feel attacked because that is my exact set up

[Lagggerengineering]

8:50 "Unless it's a Seagate, in which case it's gonna die anyways"

My over 8 year old regularly used Seagates: *ANGERY*

[alchemistdavinci]

I have a plex server in ubuntu 20.04 with 1GB of RAM and one vcore on hyperV and it runs huge UHD Videos with no issues at all!

[dividsky]

Nice to see that you mentionned my Rosewill case. it's really cheap and perfect! Also if i may add : #7... backup your entire nas. my nas is 27TB and each week, i'm mirroring my nas to another one. because i don't tell you what i'll do if ever i loose my datas. ;)

[evak]

Just a note... I’m running plex on a 10yr old desktop and am able to do multiple streams at 1080p with no issues. Unless you’re doing 5+ at a time I wouldn’t sweat hardware.

[amateurwizard]

Ragging on Seagate in 2020 is like saying AMD runs hot in 2020

[nightopsever]

1 major mistake, not trusting Seagate drives..lol. Had to laugh when you mentioned this. Everybody has such mixed experiences when dealing with these. WD's and Fujitsu drives have repeatedly died on me in 24/7 ops. Didn't stop me from trying out the SN750 NVMe...love that thing. Sticking with 2TB Seagate drives. Cheap to replace ($50), and the only reason I've had to replace a few in the last 5 years was because I got lazy when I moved and didn't take them out of my server before moving the rack it was in. Still prefer Samsung SSDs over pretty much everything, but they don't fit my budget for the quantity I'd need for my FS.

[elwefetaccio]

im seeing this video 3 years later and i have had every single headache he mentioned. especially the SATA cables, ive knocked them loose many times, however he is quite right, i've changed SATA cables and found out that 2TB drives i thought were bad, powered right up, the file structure in tact and all the files there. i have since moved on to using toaster type hard drive bays. and they are the best. unless that HDD or SSD is completely dead, it powers up and runs !!
Great video tips
thanks

[StrangeIndeed]

I set up Raspberry Pi 4 with 4 gigs of RAM and one old HDD and it works fine for now. I'll upgrade this modest setup to something with far superior specs in the future c:

[inquads]

I have the Rosewill 15 internal bay case as my data backup server. I have 15 8TB drives in it and for the price it works great. Not quite the quality of my supermicro 846, but it is a great starting point if your just getting into this hobby.