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

Hello everyone, Details will follow as they become available however expect downtime of he server for 24-48 hours as today marks the day that the Nobreaks Plex Media server takes a leap into the future and updates the core hardware that it resides on. I never expected to have as many users as my media server does but it’s gotten to a point where the current setup of my desktop which I use daily running Plex among other things in the background can keep up. As a result I’ve invested not only for you, the users but for myself as this is my passion. I’ve purchased some more heavy duty dedicated hardware which will be taking over from my PCs duties as facilitating all things Plex. That’s all for now, sorry for the downtime and lack of exact times and dates but I’m migrating roughly 14 terabytes of information to another system which will take some time at any network speed. Then the rebuilding of thumbnails and cached information will need to take place so bear with me but it’ll be worth it. LightSpeedTaco

Hey everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve posted, things have been busy here. Now, I’ve heard a few mentions of the server being slow. Well your voices have been heard. I’m proud to say that I’ve invested in a solution to centralize and speed up the media server to its greatest potential. Details will follow when the hardware arrives and things begin to get setup. Naturally there will be some downtime associated with these large changes however fear not I’ll do my best to get things back up and running ASAP. Keep an eye on the site for notifications and twitter as well for updates on up and down times. Brace yourselves… LightSpeedTaco

Hey everyone, Happy Halloween 2015 from Nobreaks.ca! Everyone have a great time, be it trick-or-treating, partying or just enjoying yourself with some movies on Plex. Be safe and I hope to see you next year! I’ve added some scary Halloween inspired movies for your enjoyment. LightSpeedTaco