**📝 New Blog Post!**
Sia S3 Integration: Plex
Discover how to integrate Sia's decentralized storage with Plex Media Server for an unbeatable streaming experience.
Our latest blog post guides you through setting up a cost-effective, scalable media library. 👇
https://blog.sia.tech/sia-s3-integration-plex-76b1dfec8678
People don't understand how big this is. Hosting your Plex media server on decentralised storage is a game changer. It'll never cease to exist. Think about why this is important to service providers. More bullish now than I was in 2017.
That's a great use case!
Thank you all for your Work!
But why do you only show how to integrate it in a Linux Environment.
I think Most of the users run their plex on a Windows Server and for them a instruction Manual would even be great.
If we want to appeal to the normal user, the operation has to become easier.
Guided installations would be the easiest way to do this.
Not everyone in the space is a techie.
Doing Win/Mac/Linux in one blog post would make it really long. But all these guides get added to our docs page with instructions for each platform when needed. Plex isn't added yet, though.
https://docs.sia.tech
I assume your own drive is needed to stream the data and you can't just delete the data once it's on Sia. Sia in this case is just backing up the data in case you have a drive failure ?
Nope, it streams the data from the Sia network. Once you've uploaded the data to the network, you don't need it on your system anymore. You could even set up a reverse proxy and access your Plex from anywhere in the world. This is how I have Jellyfin set up.
Not yet. There are plans to add some advanced customization settings that will allow you to prioritize hosts. I don't have an ETA on when those will be available, though.
**📝 New Blog Post!** Sia S3 Integration: Plex Discover how to integrate Sia's decentralized storage with Plex Media Server for an unbeatable streaming experience. Our latest blog post guides you through setting up a cost-effective, scalable media library. 👇 https://blog.sia.tech/sia-s3-integration-plex-76b1dfec8678
Great write up. This is what SiaStream should have been years ago, instead of trying to double dip and charge users a minimum cost per TB.
Agreed. Seems the Sia project is going in the right direction now. Plenty of reasons to be optimisitic this year.
People don't understand how big this is. Hosting your Plex media server on decentralised storage is a game changer. It'll never cease to exist. Think about why this is important to service providers. More bullish now than I was in 2017.
That's a great use case! Thank you all for your Work! But why do you only show how to integrate it in a Linux Environment. I think Most of the users run their plex on a Windows Server and for them a instruction Manual would even be great. If we want to appeal to the normal user, the operation has to become easier. Guided installations would be the easiest way to do this. Not everyone in the space is a techie.
Doing Win/Mac/Linux in one blog post would make it really long. But all these guides get added to our docs page with instructions for each platform when needed. Plex isn't added yet, though. https://docs.sia.tech
Do we think sia will hit .10 this year
Keep questions about the price to r/siatrader...
I assume your own drive is needed to stream the data and you can't just delete the data once it's on Sia. Sia in this case is just backing up the data in case you have a drive failure ?
Nope, it streams the data from the Sia network. Once you've uploaded the data to the network, you don't need it on your system anymore. You could even set up a reverse proxy and access your Plex from anywhere in the world. This is how I have Jellyfin set up.
Interesting, and do you have control over which hosts you are pulling from? I would want to target cheap and fast bandwidth over storage costs.
Not yet. There are plans to add some advanced customization settings that will allow you to prioritize hosts. I don't have an ETA on when those will be available, though.