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ReadyNas Pro 6 + Plex Media Server: Real World Results
Most likely everyone has tried Plex and streamed some form of media. I wanted to post about the level of ease and stability of using a NAS with Plex's 9.5.2 Server and multiple devices. Network: ...
If you have SSH access, run the "free" command while you are transcoding. If there is both hardly anything used for cache and you're low on RAM free and plenty of the swap is in use then there's a problem running out of memory.
On my Ultra 6 (not streaming from Plex at the moment), I have 36MB free, but 435MB is used for caching and will be freed up when needed. None of my memory swap is being used. I don't have a memory issue. However I've found the CPU in my Ultra 6 doesn't keep up with the demands of Plex transcoding to my old ageing iPhone 3G. Understandable as the Ultra 6 CPU is an Atom CPU, which is much slower than that in the Pro Business Edition/Pioneer or Ultra 6 Plus let alone the Pro 6.
MDGM-NAS:~# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 989 953 36 0 69 435
-/+ buffers/cache: 447 541
Swap: 2047 0 2047
On my Ultra 6 (not streaming from Plex at the moment), I have 36MB free, but 435MB is used for caching and will be freed up when needed. None of my memory swap is being used. I don't have a memory issue. However I've found the CPU in my Ultra 6 doesn't keep up with the demands of Plex transcoding to my old ageing iPhone 3G. Understandable as the Ultra 6 CPU is an Atom CPU, which is much slower than that in the Pro Business Edition/Pioneer or Ultra 6 Plus let alone the Pro 6.
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