Replacement for CloudatCost
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I'm not talking Windows hosting. I'm talking Linux hosting. Ideally I'd like to do the 8GB RAM and 4 core CPU for $80/month. Then I'd just host my LAMP server and second Plex server on the same VM. Now the most ideal one for that setup would be the $160/month plan. My web server could go on a $40/month server and my second Plex server on the $80/month server, but I just don't have that level of disposable income right now...
Why do you need that much ram? Plex isn't really anything more than a file server/web server on the server side (how many times can I say server).
Plex handles the streaming of media, whether that be audio or video. For larger videos, it can be quite system intensive.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Unfortunately, for the server I need to start, it's $40/month, which is just a bit more than I can swing right now. Looks like I'm just going to have to go back to hosting it myself.
Windows hosting will never be cheap.
I'm not talking Windows hosting. I'm talking Linux hosting. Ideally I'd like to do the 8GB RAM and 4 core CPU for $80/month. Then I'd just host my LAMP server and second Plex server on the same VM. Now the most ideal one for that setup would be the $160/month plan. My web server could go on a $40/month server and my second Plex server on the $80/month server, but I just don't have that level of disposable income right now...
What the heck are you doing that requires that kind of CPU and memory!! Holy cow.
My web server is usually using 2-3GB of RAM at least. I'm pretty sure it's due to the caching.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Plex handles the streaming of media, whether that be audio or video. For larger videos, it can be quite system intensive.
It shouldn't be server side. Are you pre-transcoding your files? other wise it has to transcode everytime you play it. If you transcode everything before you put in on the server 512MB-1GB would be more than enough.
Also the database might just be ballooning to fill up as much ram as you give it.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
My web server is usually using 2-3GB of RAM at least. I'm pretty sure it's due to the caching.
Why would you need 8GB then?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
My web server is usually using 2-3GB of RAM at least. I'm pretty sure it's due to the caching.
Why would you need 8GB then?
That'd be for Plex. Or I might be able to make Plex and my web server work on the same VM. But I think that could cause some issues.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Plex handles the streaming of media, whether that be audio or video. For larger videos, it can be quite system intensive.
It shouldn't be server side. Are you pre-transcoding your files? other wise it has to transcode everytime you play it. If you transcode everything before you put in on the server 512MB-1GB would be more than enough.
Also the database might just be ballooning to fill up as much ram as you give it.
How would I pre-transcode them? I'm not sure what you mean by that...
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Host your own boxes if you need that kind of hardware. Still better uptime than CloudatCost
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Plex transcodes the original media on the fly if you don't have them in the format for the device you are watching from: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250377-Transcoding-Media. Direct Play uses almost no resource, DirectStream uses a bit. Transcoding uses a lot of resources.
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@IRJ said:
Host your own boxes if you need that kind of hardware. Still better uptime than CloudatCost
True dat...
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Plex transcodes the original media on the fly if you don't have them in the format for the device you are watching from: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250377-Transcoding-Media. Direct Play uses almost no resource, DirectStream uses a bit. Transcoding uses a lot of resources.
My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.
Those are containers, not codec formats. Doesn't really mean much.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.
Do you legally own any of them?
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
My movies are mostly .avi and my TV shows are mostly .mkv and .mp4. The majority are .mkv.
Do you legally own any of them?
Yes.
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Better Understanding....
AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.
What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.
You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.
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@g.jacobse said:
Better Understanding....
AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.
What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.
You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.
I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.
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@g.jacobse said:
Better Understanding....
AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.
What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.
You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.
Most of my collection isn't movies though. It's mostly TV shows.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@g.jacobse said:
Better Understanding....
AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.
What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.
You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.
I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.
What's the point of that? Just put the server locally.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@g.jacobse said:
Better Understanding....
AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.
What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.
You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.
I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.
What's the point of that? Just put the server locally.
I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.
You are just making the connection between the VPS/cloud server and your file shares the limitation with that setup. I mean you could get a free desktop of craigslist to do plex. It doesn't need to be very powerful.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.
You are just making the connection between the VPS/cloud server and your file shares the limitation with that setup. I mean you could get a free desktop of craigslist to do plex. It doesn't need to be very powerful.
I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...
