It can run multiple streams, even transcoding them (which I don't use as all my devices can direct play but have tested). I also kept it off when not in use which probably compounded the back ground update issues but I was not willing to run a PC 24-7 for the odd PLEX use. Again I did disable indexing and all kinds of things but it was still just too unreliable. However as Windows has a tenancy to do all kinds of daft background shirt it often buffered mid movie while Windows 10 installed updates or indexed files. The Media was stored on the a USB drive plugged into the mini PC.
It was a mini Shuttle PC with an i3-2120 CPU, 4GB Ram and an SSD main drive so plenty quick. I started my life with the PLEX server on a PC. The ASUS router's dual core CPU has more power than some entry level NAS dries too so its a fine enough NAS drive for what it is.ģ. I can start up 4K movies with >80Mbps bit rates instantly if using say VLC over SMB or DLNA from Windows or Android and seek without any noticeable delay. The ASUS router attached HDD works very quickly and reliably.
I wont spend another £200+ on a NAS to solve a small issue as plenty of people complain about their performance issues too so its seems a waste of money. Firstly I can select SMB with a drop down menu thanks to my Merlin firmware.Ģ. I don't know how to use the terminal but am willing to learn.ġ. How can I do this and keep it through firmware updates? Note, I have never done anything other than update firmware and change settings the the UI. I could only drop it to SMB1 on my router to fix it but given the security issues with SMB1, I would like to keep SMB2 and just disable the Opportunistic Locking (oplock). People with Synology NAS drives have an option in their settings to turn this off selectively. The details are that the underlying issue with SMB2/3 is the Opportunistic Locking (oplock) in the SMB2/3 protocol it seems. I Googled it and found many saying it was the SMB2 and SMB3 protocol causing this ( ) so I set my Asus to just SMB1 and voila, it works really quickly now.
My issue was very slow to start movies and shows but once started they were fine to seek through etc. Having it on the Router seems much more reliable and easier to access over the network from my PC. I moved the USB drive from the Shield as it would loose access to the plugged in HDD for some reason. My setup is an NVIDIA Shield TV Pro (2019) running a PLEX server with the media stored on a hard drive plugged into my Asus RT-AC68U (Merlin Firmware 384.17) acting as a NAS.
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