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
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    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