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What do i need to improve lag/stuttering in plex? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by dragrimmar@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I currently have a external SSD connected via usb and that is a major bottleneck. I encounter freezing when the disc is writing, but when i just stream media it plays flawlessly. Link (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DDC36S1/)

Will a HDD work for my purposes? I have a fast internet connection and a gpu on my server so I can definitely handle a lot of users and transcode. However, I only share my server with one other person currently because the freezing happens anytime i'm basically downloading new media. The end goal is to have flawless playback/performance for myself and users even if something is being written to the HDD.

do I need a NaS if I can just connect like 4~ HDDs to my server and set that up with raid? is raid overkill?

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[–] ProbablePenguin@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Are you seeing high IOWait? How did you determine that it's an IO issue?

I can download/write + stream to multiple users off a HDD that's MUCH slower than your SSD without any issues, so I suspect something else is going on.

Will a HDD work for my purposes?

HDDs are much slower than an SSD, like more than 30,000x slower on IOPS.