(LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS) Plex Server on NAS or PC?

[Tenyrsgone27]

Hello,

I am new to the NAS world and am looking for suggestions please. I have a QNAP TS-253A 2-Bay NAS PRO Grade w/10TB WD RED PRO

I use Plex Server as my media server to stream my media to my family, I just built a new HTPC specifically to be able to handle multiple transcoding 1080p streams at 1 time. I'm using an ASUS AC3100 Dual Band Gigabit Router and have Plex Sever installed on my new HTPC and have it pointing to my NAS on my network. I've done a little testing outside of my home network and there seem to be no issues with the streaming or buffering on a device that has little resources to be able to transcode, but would running Plex Sever off the NAS directly be a better way to stream my media? I am assuming because my HTPC specs are better than the NAS it would be best to keep it the way I have?


Intel Core i7 6850K (6 x 4.0GHz CPU - 15MB Cache) 12 Core
Asus X99-STRIX-Gaming motherboard
Liquid Cooling
700W - Power Supply w/ Active PFC
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 32GB 3000MHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX EVGA 1050 TI 4GB
Samsung 960 Evo 250GB

Thank you!

[Don]

Try it. What do have to lose? Current PLEX QPKGS can be found on the PLEX site.

[Spider99]

my 853A struggles to even do one 1080p transcode with Plex or Emby

[Trexx]

Yes, keep your pc for Plex Server.


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[Tenyrsgone27]

Thank you everyone! Appreciate the feedback.

[Trexx]

Now if you were looking to upgrade your NAS, then there are definitely some higher-end boxes that can handle both NAS & Plex Server duties but it didn't sounds like that was the path you were taking.