I currently use an Ubuntu distro (Mint) with Plex installed serving media to my local network. I installed docker last night so I can test out some photo hosting services.

Is there a benefit to running Plex through docker vs the traditional method?

  • YoruioMEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Just out of curiosity, do you backup all the generated metadata too? I backup my Plex folder from my SSD to my unraid array weekly, and it takes quite a long time to get through.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Yep, everything that’s attached to plex I backup (excluding media, that’s done elsewhere). There are tens of thousands of tiny files which is why it takes so long, I do recommend taring it first. The archive must support symlinks which is why I chose tar.

      • YoruioMEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I do tar it first (actually I tar my entire docker share), but it still takes longer than I would like.

        Just the way my backup system works, All my docker containers go down while I’m backing them up, so it’s a bit of a minor inconvenience (even though it only happens on off peak hours in the middle of the night)

        Really not a big problem, just thought I’d check if you had a better solution.

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, that’s because every little file and image need to be stored, and there’s tens of thousands of them. Nothing wrong with it, just will take time. I usually do my plex DB on a weekly cron in the middle of the night

    • astrsk@fedia.io
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      4 months ago

      You might want to look at how you’re backing up. Something like BorgBackup or better RSync scripts would benefit this process by only taking differences instead of a full backup. Unless you’re constantly adding and deleting media daily, a weekly Plex backup shouldn’t really take a long time.