LightSpeedTaco

Hello everyone! Welcome to the finally completed new and improved Nobreaks.ca Plex Media Server. Running on a quad core Xeon E3-1246 v3 CPU at 3.50 GHz with 16 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM in a RAID 6 dual disk failure redundant 18 terabyte array complete with 4 RJ-45 gigabit ethernet connections trunked into a load distributing failover protected mode this is the fastest that Plex has ever been for us and the most stable. Without regular needs to update and reboot for various reasons I expect that this current system will be in place for the foreseeable future. The RAID 6 array not only offers a beautiful dual disk loss redundancy but also enhances the read times as the data can be simultaneously read from 5 of the 7 disks that are not writing parity bits. This should make browsing the loading content from the server lightning fast. With the database being brand new and the naming conventions being perfected prior to indexing, I imaging that this will be one smooth ride. Now I may be speaking too early as the final rebuild of the RAID 6 array is to be completed however I’m confident that this will be completed within… Read More »Welcome Back

Bad news everyone. As a result of some hardware changes to the RAID array where the Plex database is stored the current listings (the content you see when browsing) became corrupt. I did manage to repair it but not to a level of par that was acceptable to simply put back online. Likely for the next few hours and possibly until tomorrow the server will be offline while it reindexes all the content and gathers necessary information such as thumbnails, trailers and subtitles. I will update this post or make a new one when we are back in business. Sorry for any inconvenience. LightSpeedTaco

Hey everyone, So things seem to have settled down with the server. Now that I’m physically back to the server and managed to get things configured it seems that all is well however I will continue to diligently manage and monitor the server for any issues. Currently it is migrating data to a hot spare drive to speed up things in the event of a disk failure so things may be slightly slower however so far so good. The machine is a beast and has handled all requests without breaking a sweat. Enjoy! LightSpeedTaco

Hey everyone, It’s been busy moving the server over to the new hardware and isn’t over yet. Tomorrow (30th of November, 2015) the server should being automatically catching up on missed bits of media as currently the seeking for new media isn’t  taking place due to my physical absence from the server and a lack of configuration (I have been unavailable since Friday) which wasn’t possible until the RAID array finished processing and the content/files were finished being moved from the original system. I’ve been observing an inconsistent connection to the server remotely and a subsequent crash related to the disconnection from the software point of view. Now this is my first time dealing with this level of hardware. So far I’ve run a Synology 4 bay NAS, an Asustor 6 bay NAS and now a 10-bay QNAP Turbo NAS. Only now that files have completed transferring and the array has had a chance to fully create it’s necessary parity bits (2 in this case as it is running in a RAID 6 configuration for redundancy purposes) am I confident that the system is no longer in a constant state of flux and in a position to be observed from… Read More »Inconsistent Connection to Server

In regards to this new hardware and potential downtime I’ve come up with a plan to migrate data from my current system to the new one then switch over media servers meaning no downtime. It’ll be a day or two until the data is ready to be viewed and used by everyone however the point of this post is to affirm that downtime will not be an issue in this large migration so keep calm and watch on. LightSpeedTaco