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Plex server request - UK users

hawchawc Moderator, LIR
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Hi all.

I am currently looking for a dedicated box which I can run Windows on, to host a Plex instance for me and a couple of friends. I currently have a box in ColoCrossing Buffalo, but I'd rather watch paint dry than stream from it (a 25 minute show buffered 9 times).

The users will mainly be Virgin customers. I would like around 1TB of space, with CPU for a couple of streams.

Thanks

Harry

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  • Gerrard8Gerrard8 Member

    Hetzner auction box. I've ran a Plex server on one for almost two years. Max concurrent users it's had is 23. Never had any issues with it.

  • quadhostquadhost Member
    edited February 2017

    @hawc if your on Virgin you might want to check the local area isn't congested as otherwise whoever you choose may have issues over those connections. You may also want to look for a host with LibertyGlobal in the network blend (e.g. Us, Clouvider, HostUS for example) to maximise performance.

    I am currently looking for a dedicated box

    How much space do you need?

  • hawchawc Moderator, LIR

    quadhost said: @hawc if your on Virgin you might want to check the local area isn't congested as otherwise whoever you choose may have issues over those connections. You may also want to look for a host with LibertyGlobal in the network blend (e.g. Us, Clouvider, HostUS for example) to maximise performance.

    Yea - I was actually just using Clouvider for some testing, and I can max out my line there.

  • quadhostquadhost Member
    edited February 2017

    @hawc said:
    I can max out my line there.

    Thats a good sign; all down to this little gem.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    I've used both Online.net and Kimsufi as Plex boxes, streaming all over the UK with no issues, but I personally have a VM connection in London and both have been absolutely fine streaming 1080p encodes.

  • ClouviderClouvider Member, Patron Provider

    @hawc said:

    quadhost said: @hawc if your on Virgin you might want to check the local area isn't congested as otherwise whoever you choose may have issues over those connections. You may also want to look for a host with LibertyGlobal in the network blend (e.g. Us, Clouvider, HostUS for example) to maximise performance.

    Yea - I was actually just using Clouvider for some testing, and I can max out my line there.

    That's the aim :-).

  • ClouviderClouvider Member, Patron Provider

    @quadhost said:

    @hawc said:
    I can max out my line there.

    Thats a good sign; all down to this little gem.

    Yep. Hooked up @ Harbor Exchange and (for now) backhauled to Virtus LON1 :-)

  • AlexBarakovAlexBarakov Patron Provider, Veteran

    Just stick with @Clouvider . You can't go wrong there.

    Thanked by 1Clouvider
  • ClouviderClouvider Member, Patron Provider

    @AlexBarakov said:
    Just stick with @Clouvider . You can't go wrong there.

    Thanks Alex! :-)

    Thanked by 1AlexBarakov
  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @AlexBarakov said:
    Just stick with @Clouvider . You can't go wrong there.

    I'm sure Clouvider are great and all, but they're not really a solid recommendation for a guy looking for a 1TB Plex box that needs to manage a couple of streams. Online, Kimsufi and Hetzner are all equally suitable choices for significantly less outlay.

  • PirateHitmanPirateHitman Member

    @Nekki said:

    @AlexBarakov said:
    Just stick with @Clouvider . You can't go wrong there.

    I'm sure Clouvider are great and all, but they're not really a solid recommendation for a guy looking for a 1TB Plex box that needs to manage a couple of streams. Online, Kimsufi and Hetzner are all equally suitable choices for significantly less outlay.

    I agree.

    Online.net / OVH are better options for a box for more storage / CPU that Plex needs.

    I personally have two boxes, one in OVH (Gravelines) and one in Online.net. I prefer the Online.net as it's much more responsive due to more bandwidth but pings / latency to both are pretty similar.

    OVH AVG ping is 22ms
    Online.net ping is 25ms

    I'm on VM in London.

  • AshleyUkAshleyUk Member

    We recently brought online LINX & AMS-IX and peer directly with LG aswel, feel free to check out : http://bandwidth.zxhost.co.uk

  • J1021J1021 Member

    @Clouvider said:

    @quadhost said:

    @hawc said:
    I can max out my line there.

    Thats a good sign; all down to this little gem.

    Yep. Hooked up @ Harbor Exchange and (for now) backhauled to Virtus LON1 :-)

    You have your own link or take transit from QuadHost?

  • ClouviderClouvider Member, Patron Provider

    @kcaj said:

    @Clouvider said:

    @quadhost said:

    @hawc said:
    I can max out my line there.

    Thats a good sign; all down to this little gem.

    Yep. Hooked up @ Harbor Exchange and (for now) backhauled to Virtus LON1 :-)

    You have your own link or take transit from QuadHost?

    Clouvider is directly connected to Liberty Global at Hex.

    Thanked by 1quadhost
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