Plex Media Center Network Folders (CIFS/NFS)

[Halfe]

Hi.

Is there a way to add Network drives to plex?
I have one server running while my brother is running another.
The Plex server is running on my server. and i have access to his media via CIFS and NFS

is there anyway to access his media via plex?

 

[depasseg]

Why not share via plex? That's the simplest way.

Otherwise, in your Plex jail, add a mount point in /etc/fstab

 

[cyberjock]

As a very solid rule you should not be sharing the same files over CIFS AND NFS simultaneously. File corruption can result.

 

[Halfe]

The Shares is not in the same folders.

I have used a NFS share directly on FreeNAS and mounted that in jail. every share is in a separate folder. and it works like a charm.
Also speed is great. i have 60/60 and my Brother 25/25

 

[cyberjock]

You are better off using Plex in a jail and adding storage from your zpool to the jail vice using CIFS/NFS. Performance of the server will often be much improved and you prevent potential situations where there are lots of open file handles as Samba/nfsd has to use resources to track Plex going through all the directories quickly.

If you're worried about "sh*t going wrong" and your stuff being deleted, simply make the mountpoint readonly (that's what I do).

Just some free advice. ;)

 

[jgreco]

Plex definitely works fine accessing media over NFS. It will be less efficient than running it locally, as @cyberjock suggests, but it works fine and is more efficient than not having access to the media.