Just started using Clouddrive and Drivepool to manage my storage for my Plex Server. Great software!
I'm hoping to get some expert advice on the best settings to use in both programs when streaming via Plex.
My setup is as follows:
Plex appdata is on physical C:\
I have unlimited upload/download quota's, with speeds of up to 1gbps.
1x Drivepool for Movies
1x Drivepool for TV Shows
Each Drivepool is comprised of 2x Google Drive Clouddrives with 2x file duplication. 1 Clouddrive has 500GB cache, the other has 1GB cache and is purely in place for duplication purposes.
I currently have each clouddrive setup with 10/10 threads, with unlimited download (for when Plex downloads file for transcode) and 400mbps upload limit.
Clouddrives have the following prefetch settings:
Trigger : 1MB
Forward: 400MB
Time Windows: 1800 seconds
Drivepools are set up with realtime duplication and read striping. No Network I/O boost. Balancing is set for immediate.
Couple of questions:
1. Should I use Read Striping if only 1 Clouddrive per Drivepool has a decent size physical cache?
2. Should I use Network I/O Boost? I'll most likely be transcoding files in Plex, rather than streaming the files directly from the drive.
3. If each Drivepool is made up of 1x 500GB cache and 1x 1GB cache, will Drivepool automatically utilise a locally cached file instead of pulling one from the cloud on the second Clouddrive? Or am I better off creating 2x 250GB local cache's per Drivepool?
4. Will I lose disk read speeds with this setup?
5. Any other advice on Prefetch or any other settings would be greatly appreciated
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antigravity83
Hey guys-
Just started using Clouddrive and Drivepool to manage my storage for my Plex Server. Great software!
I'm hoping to get some expert advice on the best settings to use in both programs when streaming via Plex.
My setup is as follows:
Plex appdata is on physical C:\
I have unlimited upload/download quota's, with speeds of up to 1gbps.
1x Drivepool for Movies
1x Drivepool for TV Shows
Each Drivepool is comprised of 2x Google Drive Clouddrives with 2x file duplication. 1 Clouddrive has 500GB cache, the other has 1GB cache and is purely in place for duplication purposes.
I currently have each clouddrive setup with 10/10 threads, with unlimited download (for when Plex downloads file for transcode) and 400mbps upload limit.
Clouddrives have the following prefetch settings:
Trigger : 1MB
Forward: 400MB
Time Windows: 1800 seconds
Drivepools are set up with realtime duplication and read striping. No Network I/O boost. Balancing is set for immediate.
Couple of questions:
1. Should I use Read Striping if only 1 Clouddrive per Drivepool has a decent size physical cache?
2. Should I use Network I/O Boost? I'll most likely be transcoding files in Plex, rather than streaming the files directly from the drive.
3. If each Drivepool is made up of 1x 500GB cache and 1x 1GB cache, will Drivepool automatically utilise a locally cached file instead of pulling one from the cloud on the second Clouddrive? Or am I better off creating 2x 250GB local cache's per Drivepool?
4. Will I lose disk read speeds with this setup?
5. Any other advice on Prefetch or any other settings would be greatly appreciated
Thanks again!
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