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VPS's under $10 that can handle plex transcoding?
SecksReceptor
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I'm looking for an inexpensive VPS plan that would enable me to handle plex transcodes. I'm looking to link this to my storage server that has 4tb but an atom processor. Anyone have any recommendations?
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How many simultaneously transcodings to you want your server to handle? If it is just a couple of, then, a WSI dedicated server could do the job fine. A core2duo cpu with 4GB ddr is more than enough to handle some transcoding on a plex installation. And, if your movies are in a different (the storage) server, then, you don't even need to scare about backups etc.
Exactly 10$/m
how much do you pay for your server with 4tb and atom processor? perhaps it would be better to combine it into one server with good cpu and storage? like servers from Hetzner auction.
What resolution are you trying to transcode? If it's just a single 720p stream you should be pretty much OK with that Atom. Also, do be sure you need to transcode, as a lot of devices are able to direct play the majority of modern file formats.
this seems like a decent option, thanks.
its a Kimsufi server i got on special for ~$11 a month
i'm looking to do at least 1x 1080P stream
@Francisco : slices?
So a Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz CPU is all you need for a single 1080p stream; that means that you need a CPU with a passmark of around 2000 per 1080p stream.
The catch here is that unless you have a dedicate core/CPU, most providers will hate you for thrashing the cores. The only provider that I know supports this and can personally recommend is ZXPlay who have plans especially for Plex usage. They start at £10/month.
This is indeed what are the specs Plex suggests in their site.
In my experience, I was able to do a 1080p stream with transcoding with a lower cpu having benchmark around 1100 - and it worked smoothly.
OP could do some tests and see for himself.
^^ This. Are you sure you want to transcode the stream? Also, are you sure a 1080p stream will be playable flawlessly in your receiver? It does not only involve server-side but also a very good and stable bandwidth, according with the specs of the streaming media (e.g. how many mbps etc.).
In my experience, I was able to do a 1080p stream with transcoding with a lower cpu having benchmark around 1100 - and it worked smoothly.
I've done it myself with an Atom, but that worked for certain files, and not all files. If you want to reliably be able to play the majority of 1080p files that can be 'found' on the internet, I'd suggest following the recommendation.
ISO Linux files are extremely demanding on CPU power nowadays...
+1 for @Nekki for President of LET and America.
so this is out of stock.. any other ideas?
Is NL an option? You can have a dedicated E5-2620v4 thread for $10/month. Let me know RAM and disk requirements. PM me if you want.
You can do this with us, so long as its the $10+ package.
$10.00/month
2vCPU
4GB RAM
20GB SSD
http://c38.host/
We can do the following in Tampa, FL:
KVM virtualization
2 dedicated E3 CPU cores
4GB RAM
25GB SSD storage
$10/month
Let me know if you're interested - this is custom. Good luck!
On behalf of the OP:
A single thread only hits around a1.2/1.3k passmark, - bit too far south to take a risk on.
What's the CPU on the node? The OP is looking for a specific level of performance for a specific task, so '2vCPU' isn't a terribly helpful description.
OP, confirm the CPU, but 2x E3 should be sufficient to get you to a transcoded 1080p stream.
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OVH BHS - Canadian node
E3-1245v2 – 32GB DDR3 – 240GB RAID 5 SSD – KVM – Anti-DDOS
OVH GRA - French node
i7-4790K – 32GB DDR3 – 240GB RAID 1 SSD – KVM – GAME Anti-DDOS
E3-1245v2 or i7-4xxx based on his other offers. Should be more than sufficient for a 1080p transcode.
Although if you're smart about source materials you shouldn't need to use much CPU doing direct stream.
Edit: Dammit, beat me to it.
Those should work. OP, you'll get considerably better performance from the FR node, but the CA node is fine if network latency is a concern.
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Depending on what you're looking for, you often won't have a choice of source, plus the client device is a big factor. Better go loaded for bear.
I have a server from Hetzner, a 1245v2 (or 3) with 32Gb ram, 4x3 TB raid 10 disk and running Plex on an ESXi VM with 6 cores and 16 GB ram. I have Couchpotato, sickrage transmission etc. all setup and it does work good. All in all its a beautiful setup that's almost fully automated and users can search and download media in Plex via Plex Requests Channel. I like the server.
But whenever me and ny brother watch something I see that all cores hit ~100% and sometimes my brother says the video lags. And I'm not yet sure if that problem is related to video files, me running the server as a vm or Plex related. The files we're talking about are all being transcoded, let's say one of them are a 5 GB, 1080p episode of a series with Plex embedding subtitles and the other one is a 720p with subtitles as well.. I might still get stutters on video play. Or not. It's completely random
It's good but I don't know how many streams it can handle like this....
The good thing is you can try any server during the 14 days grace period but whichever server you choose it'll be above your pay limits. Maybe you can find alike people and share it...