MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Aug 01, 2025 5:14 am
Yeah, don't write directly to your NAS drive. It would probably be quicker (and less wear and tear on the NAS drives) to write to your PC drive, especially if you have a SSD, then move the mkv file to your NAS once completed.
Thanks for the info. "Funny" thing is, I've given similar advice to others over the years...but, yesterday, when settings things up, I completely forgot my own advice (things like that happen when you get up there in years...sometimes I joke that "my brain & body are having a fight to see which falls apart first"). Unfortunately (for me), I had to stop the mkv process, as I had forgotten that I had already started the process of moving data back to the NAS (after the change, from RAID 10 to RAID 5) from the external drive I had temporarily stored the data on. Even though my computer's CPU can easily handle it (Intel Core-i9), I didn't want to induce possible "file corruption". Once the data previously on the NAS is back on the NAS, then I'll restart the ripping. Plus, once all that data is back on the NAS, and once I move data from the PCs 'spare' internal 4TB drive to the external drive, then I'll have that drive to use as a "holding tank" for ripping (followed by transferring from that drive to the NAS).
The next part of my 'plan' is to pick up a new NAS case (I'm currently considering the Synology DS425+, which has a considerably more-powerful CPU than my current DS918+), transfer the "Plex" drives to the new case, put the old WD Red 4TB drives back in the DS918+, and have access to two separate NAS units - DS425+ as the "Plex server", and DS918+ as my "data NAS". However, since that's another $500+ for the DS425+, plus the cost of M.2 SSDs & RAM, that's at least a few months away (as I also have motorcycle upgrade costs to deal with). Regarding my current thought on getting the Synology DS425+, if you, or anyone else, has any better suggestions, my ears are open. I'd prefer not having to use Docker, as that just adds more "complications" to my setup (and I really don't understand Docker), so suggestions that allow installing Plex Server natively on the NAS is preferential.
