All respect to FreeNAS and its tremendous flexibility to do so many things, but in my situation it's better to run those tasks on hardware that's far better designed for it. It has also freed up the FreeNAS server, as I don't have to worry about that being busy driving Plex - it was the only plugin I had installed, but I'm liking the fact it isn't distracted anymore. At least with pfSense running it will have a more consistent job to do, even if it's not particularly taxing. Most of the time it will just sit idle, like most of the VMs already there. Oh I have no doubt it is now overkill, but by doing it this way it has all the performance it could need on tap. I do realise that it is entirely likely that I could figure out the answer to my questions after spending a few hours reading through the forums, but I've done a few searches and couldn't easily see if converting the way Plex was running on FreeNAS required transfer of configuration files so I thought by asking a stupid question, at least it would help anyone else with similar questions. ![]() But it will be decoupled from the storage this way, which (without having read anything about it) I don't see any issues with, but I may be missing something here.Īdditionally, if I either change the setup of Plex to be installed from the Jail instead of using the plugin, or install it to a VM on another server, do I need to transfer configuration files anywhere, or does it store the configuration within my Plex account, and it will be configured just by logging in? Linux VMs now run perfectly well in Hyper-V 2016 (I've deployed quite a few for various roles now, they've all be rock stable), so running a Linux VM for Plex shouldn't be an issue. As well as my NAS, I also have a Hyper-V server that runs my PDC VM, RDP gateway and a bunch of test and development VMs that I only spin up when required, so it basically sits there 99% idle most of the time. So now I'm wondering if I should change the way I'm running it altogether. But I've noticed my Plex plugin is running a bit behind the current version, so I was thinking of reinstalling it from the command line and keeping it updated using a cron job.Īnd then I read a comment elsewhere that, actually, Plex runs a lot better from Linux than FreeBSD. I prefer using packages with my package manager, and since my distro of choice has basically everything available, I've only used Snap once or twice.I'm currently running the latest stable version of FreeNAS 11 (11.0-U4 (54848d13b)) and upgrading from 9.10 went fine - I've had no issues, which has been great. I personally don't have any issue with Snap, but I do not use it myself. The package management is controlled by Canonical, just like Google controls the Play Store and Apple controls their store. Each Snap can download its own copies of dependencies, making them take up tons of space on your system. There's also a ton of disadvantages, though. For developers, they can release just one version and get out to all distros (this is great, especially for small teams with no financial support). Snap updates automatically, so you'll always have the latest version released. Each snap is containerized and sandboxed. For starters, they come bundled with the libraries that it needs, so compatibility will be verified by the developer, and you will never hit dependency hell. Snap offers a bunch of advantages to both the users and the developers. Please go to the relevant subreddits and support forums, for example: Build help and build shares posts go in their respective megathreads No referral / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts ![]() ![]() Welcome to /r/Plex, a subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media server/client solution for enjoying your media! Plex Community Discord Rules Latest Regular Threads: No Stupid Q&A: Tool Tuesday: Build Help: Share Your Build: Submit Troubleshooting Post Files not showing up correctly?
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