SSD dedicated drive for transcoding?

[ernstgot 17]

Would you suggest having a dedicated SSD for transcoding files from a mechanical drive?

[Luke 42079]

I would definitely suggest an SSD for the drive that Emby is installed on. The database will perform considerably faster.

 

To be honest though in this day and age I would suggest an SSD anyway for anything that is not used for storage.

[ernstgot 17]

I have Emby installed on an SSD with Windows but all other files are stored off on other hard drives.

[Guest asrequested]

I have a dedicated M.2 SSD for my transcode drive. It gets a lot of use. Much better to have that separated from your primary drive, if you transcode a lot.

[Tur0k 148]

I have an SSD raid group for my OS and applications and 2x raid groups of conventional drive (7200 RPM NAS 4 TB drives). One has 3 drives the other has 4 drives. On of the raid groups lives on a NAS the other lives on my HTPC server.

 

 

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[Guest asrequested]

I have an SSD raid group for my OS and applications and 2x raid groups of conventional drive (7200 RPM NAS 4 TB drives). One has 3 drives the other has 4 drives. On of the raid groups lives on a NAS the other lives on my HTPC server.

 

 

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What's the NAS group for? Faster transfer/access? Does the bus support that bandwidth? Sorry for the rapid fire questions lol

[Tur0k 148]

Well, depending on configuration, you could setup a NAS with the purpose of sustained write/read capability. I use the OS SSD raid group for redundancy, in the event of a single system drive failure.

My NAS RAID group is split up for

1. My shared folders

2. Videos I want to keep.

3. my network backups for my network systems.

4. My long term backups.

 

 

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[CBers 7451]

Would you suggest having a dedicated SSD for transcoding files from a mechanical drive?

Perhaps the first question should be, why is my media transcoding.

 

99.9% of my media direct streams.

[Guest asrequested]

Perhaps the first question should be, why is my media transcoding.

 

99.9% of my media direct streams.

All my recordings are transcoded. That's why I use a dedicated SSD. It gets quite a bit of use.

[CBers 7451]

All my recordings are transcoded. That's why I use a dedicated SSD. It gets quite a bit of use.

Would you not want them to Direct Play/Stream?

[Wilky13 21]

Windows and Emby are installed on my main SSD. Is there a way to tell Emby to use a different SSD for transcode purposes?

 

 

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[Luke 42079]

Hi @@Wilky13, you can learn more about the various transcoding options in our Transcoding wiki:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Transcoding

 

Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

[Guest asrequested]

Would you not want them to Direct Play/Stream?

I think you're misunderstanding. When the recording is in process, I've enabled convert on the fly. So each show is being transcoded as it's recording.

[CBers 7451]

I think you're misunderstanding. When the recording is in process, I've enabled convert on the fly. So each show is being transcoded as it's recording.

That's a different scenario

[Guest asrequested]

That's a different scenario

But it all goes through the same location. That's why I did it. I didn't want my primary drive having that much traffic.

[Wilky13 21]

Hi @@Wilky13, you can learn more about the various transcoding options in our Transcoding wiki:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Transcoding

 

Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

Ah, I've never noticed the "transcoding temporary path:" before. Thanks!

 

 

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[ShadowKindjal 21]

I have a dedicated M.2 SSD for my transcode drive. It gets a lot of use. Much better to have that separated from your primary drive, if you transcode a lot.

 

 

I do this, however get a good quality SSD ment for high usage, I killed an Samsung 850 Evo in less than a year with it as my system drive for Emby/Plex, replaced with a Pro and works fine. 

 

Hey, quick question. I have a server that currently has an issue transcoding 1080p content on some devices (480p and some 720p works just fine) and I was wondering, based on your experiences, if that could be caused by a failing SSD. I have about 25 users on my server and it's constantly transcoding to reduce outgoing bandwidth. All that transcoding happens on my boot SSD and I'm wondering if it could be causing some issues with playback. 

[Luke 42079]

A failing drive could cause any number of problems, yes.

[Guest asrequested]

Yikes! All that activity on your primary drive? Are you sure you aren't running out of space?