The other reason I liked this is unlike a MacMini or Virtual Machine solution accessing the video via a network share, the video files are accessed 100% locally by the PLEX application running directly on the QNAP.
If you read up on the QNAP, it’s rated for PLEX 4k transcoding, mostly due to the fact it has the i5 Processor. I don’t really think for the read access much would change it’s more about a disk failure. I am still up in the air on rebuilding the R5 as a R10 just for the rebuild times. 16GB memory upgrade (Unit came with 8GB).(4) 6TB 7200RPM HGS enterprise SATA drives in a RAID5.Specifically the TVS-671 running these hardware specifications.
After all my testing I did decide to buy new hardware from QNAP. I literally built multiple versions of the application to see how they worked, updated, and just ran. I looked at a Mac Mini, using my iMac, utilizing my old PX4 network attached storage, using virtual machines, and buying all new hardware. There is obviously hundreds of options out there but I am going to tell you what I landed on that I think it the Ultimate Plex Media Server. So when I decided to jump into the PLEX arena I did a lot of reading, and thinking about how I wanted to run the application. I also research, plan, read, and prepare for things quite a bit. Your used Mac mini might even need a touch up with iKlear or a similar spray.When I decide to jump into something those that know my know I have a saying that ‘Chris doesn’t do anything small’. You can use a vacuum with a soft brush attachment to clean the keyboard. If you have one of the older keyboards, turn it upside down and give it a good shake to get food crumbs, dust and cat hair between the keys. Unplug everything, grab a microfiber cloth and wipe the screen, the keyboard and the case. Clean physically up your old Mac Mini to get rid of that cruft and crumbs on the keyboard and mouse. One final piece of advice: Before you sell Mac mini: Don’t forget to clean it up. These documents also will be deleted from all of your devices that are signed in to iCloud.
Important note: Deleting documents, contacts, reminders, documents, photo streams, or any other iCloud data while signed in to your iCloud account will lead to the removal of all this content from the iCloud servers. Click the lock to unlock the preferences pane, next enter an administrator name and password. To turn off FileVault: Go to Apple menu > System Preferences. However you can still use your computer to do other tasks while the decryption is occurring. The decrypting could take a while, depending on how much information you have stored. Indeed, when you turn off FileVault, encryption is turned off and the contents of your disk are decrypted.
Answer:Before you sell used Mac Mini, turn off FileVault Disk Encryption, if you activated FileVault in OS X 10.7 or later.
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