LightSpeedTaco

So its turns out that the last time I migrated Plex, the old library was discarded and rebuilt which took a bit of time however I now learned that the drive the indexing occurred has some bad sectors and is actually quite old. It was having some trouble deleting and updating old index files as a result. So I stuck the library onto the same drive as the actual media which will likely initially slow down performance then speed it up as the buffer for a media file playing is significantly bigger than the time it would take for the drive to look up any necessary index information. So expect slower media performance during the indexing however I’ll update this post when indexing is complete where the drive will mainly be reading and only writing logs and indexing new media added. Sorry for any inconvenience but I’d rather this get taken care of prior to the drive just crapping out entirely and the rebuild needing to happen then. LightSpeedTaco Update: It seems that everything has indexed and updated and now that the index data is on the same disk as the media itself it seems to be running better than… Read More »Re-indexing…Again

Well that was a long stressful night. My initial plans were to re-install Windows and re-establish the server as quickly and efficiently as possible but a blown NIC made a four-hour ordeal of troubleshooting out of that. Then take care of installing a brand new Cadillac of an AC router. More to come on that in another post. Plex wise, she should be up and running chugging through the content and regenerating any new information that may have formed between the time the server went down and the time the server returned. Wait…brainwave….I didn’t tell it not to go to sleep in the power settings  and wasn’t using SkyDrive therefore I doubt it remembered that so chances are my machine is sleeping right now doing what I should be doing…shit. Well, I’ll wake it in the morning/afternoon but in the mean time, content should be piling up and be waiting to be processed when the server gets around to it.   Overall, stressful, progressive and difficult day and the weather here doesn’t seem to be making tomorrow seem much better but here’s hoping. Thanks for all the patience, LightSpeedTaco

Well that went surprisingly smooth. Can’t wait for that jinx to kick in and BSOD for days here but so far so good. The media server is re-indexing so give it time to find images and meta data however all the content that was there, is still there, just search for it. New content additions have only fallen behind about an hour so in the next half hour it’ll begin scooping up those delicious goods. PLEASE, don’t hesitate to contact me with any issues, especially after a big change like this. Regards, LightSpeed Ninja edit Yes, you have to accept a new invitation to the new Plex server as it’s a fresh installation and migration didn’t occur as planned. Sorry!

Well, really it’s recommended every 6 months according to Microsoft but I’m noticing instabilities in the system, specifically with the networking so I’m going to announce now and change the banner to reflect the same news; for the next 48 hours there will be interruptionsin service of the Plex Media Server as I will be reinstalling/refreshing my installation of Windows and hopefully bringing back stability to the network and the entire system as a whole. Keep your eyes on Nobreaks.ca because it will be your source for what’s going on, what the ETA is and basically anything related to this specific incident. Sorry that its sudden and without notice however if all goes well I can have things back in order within around 24 hours or earlier. 48 hours is a very large span of time I’m throwing out there because things happens that aren’t expected and delays occur. Again, sorry for any inconvenience! LightSpeedTaco

A few months ago I decided to stretch my security legs and dip into the world of HTTPS and SSL certificates. At the time and for some time, I’d been using Cloudflare for my DNS server and for the obvious performance and security improvements offered. A free account was sufficient at the time. I saw the options regarding SSL and what was offered seemed good and I liked that the Full (Strict) option existed. However, what I didn’t know at the time is that I’ll be sitting my self down on their DNS server with a bunch of other people/sites I’d never know. Utilizing the Full (Strict) mode of mode of SSL required one to have their own properly signed SSL certificate, which I had so I assumed their end handled their cert and once things reach my site my SSL will take over and all is well. One day I was doing some work on the site and click on the green lock in the URL bar and saw what I had expected. A cipher I’d setup was in use and everything was green for go. I click on certificate information and instantly saw that the “Issued to” field… Read More »Why I Decided to Leave Cloudflare