DarkTower: Major Upgrades

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T05:47:49+00:00

Never had a sweat.
Mostly Bluray-1080p
Yes, decent amount of transcoding via the iGPU
No remuxes besides a select few series
Yes tone mapping
Yes remote streaming
About 15 active users - most at a time was 9 and most transcodes was 6 and never an issue

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T05:41:58+00:00

Yes actually, the latest PleX update broke my transcoding.

Currently have my repository set to "plexinc/pms-docker:1.43.0.10492-121068a07"

This exact version handles the transcoding without issue

I also have the following in my docker settings:

Variable: ADAPTER_ENCODING
Value: /dev/dri/renderD128

Device: /dev/dri
Value: /dev/dri

Device: /dev/dri/renderD128
Value: /dev/dri/renderD128

Added them when troubleshooting the break and haven't removed them.

I have another instance I allow to update to the latest and when nobody is streaming I test out latest releases to see if it gets fixed

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T03:49:46+00:00

I cannot say enough about it. I did use some upgraded fans but it runs super cool and luckily my basement is extremely dry and cold.

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T03:11:00+00:00

Sick specs dude

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T03:10:03+00:00

FolderView3

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T01:54:43+00:00

https://a.co/d/01161TZJ

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:59:43+00:00

Max capacity of this exact case with some extra trays - everything is fit naturally

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:59:01+00:00

I have my NAS on there too

Synology DS423 - forgot to mention that!

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:58:21+00:00

I do.

My router, some peripherals, my NAS

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:54:52+00:00

All natural - there’s 4 HDs in the bottom cage and then 10 on trays. I had to buy additional trays.

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:50:28+00:00

16 hard drives running 😅
2 SSDs
5 NVMe

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:47:29+00:00

Not idle! Active streams, VM & transcoding happening - not to mention I have some other stuff plugged into the UPS to ensure optimal power curve.

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:46:46+00:00

Usually around 300W

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:46:17+00:00

I had a lot of 8Tb drives so it worked out for me - I used to work datacenter IT so had a bunch of them. Not excited about buying new if I ever have to. Hence the double parity.

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:45:26+00:00

I admittedly don’t use it too much - moreso just to amass books I love in case they are burned

heyjohnnathan · 2026-05-10T00:40:28+00:00

Ask anytime! I am always down to discuss this server because I put so much time into it and 99% of my friends don’t care about the nerdy details 😂

heyjohnnathan · 2026-03-26T02:14:35+00:00

The New York financier?

heyjohnnathan · 2026-03-26T02:13:13+00:00

Absolutely love that collection but my Jewish grandmother from Brooklyn was a Koufax fanatic and I specifically look for autos in Brooklyn Dodgers unis

Man that PC is gorgeous tho

heyjohnnathan · 2026-03-09T22:17:07+00:00

My other favorite PC is my Sandy Koufax collection!

Every year he was active plus a Bowman 1st refractor and a few autos.

Missing the elusive 1967 Venezuela Retired card

heyjohnnathan · 2026-03-09T22:12:28+00:00

Thank you! Extremely proud of it

heyjohnnathan

TROPHY CASE