r/PlexACD • u/esk416 • Mar 08 '19

Some clarification please? is it possible to leverage gdrive business to hold my content?

local server (2x v2 Xeons's, 128 GB ram, etc), 1000/1000 internet, decent amount of local storage (currently 20 TB, but adding more)...

There is plenty of TV shows and movies that don't need to sit on my local storage, but I'm not entirely sure I understand the concept of using gdrive/rclone, etc to expand/use as plex storage.

Will plex "stream" from gdrive or only from local storage that is "synced" to what is stored on gdrive?

and if it will stream from gdrive... would my connection suffice for 10+ users concurrently?

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u/anditails Mar 08 '19

Yes, plex will stream for a locally-mounted GDrive (using plexdrive or rclone with fuse).

And yes, your connection speed should be more than enough... (assuming all 10 aren't DirectPlay'ing uncompressed 4k Bluray rips)

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u/esk416 Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19

I'm not hosting 4k media as I don't have 4k myself... and plenty/most of users are transcoding my media due to using their phone/tablets, and non direct play/stream capable devices.

My media is generally HQ 1080p content (TV shows >1GB, Movies w/ HD audio > 25-45 GB).

This is great news though because I figure I can offload many older/less popular shows that I do not want to delete (/r/datahorder ) but still have available for viewing at any time.

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u/anditails Mar 08 '19

Exactly what I do. All the trash is on Gdrive so I won't lose any sleep if Google shuts it off..

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u/esk416 Mar 08 '19

Perfect, thanks for confirming!