OMV, Plex & Raspberry Zero 2W

Hi, waiting on some parts but plan to try running Plex server from Docker on a Zero 2, am I setting myself up for disappointment? I stream mainly 720p files to an AppleTV on a 1080p screen.

Going from my Renegade build I rarely get over 480MB RAM use with Shairport & SMB plugins and Plex and Transmission in Docker.

I've no real idea what to expect but my initial plan of installing OMV over DietPi has died having found some functionality to have been lost in the switch away from Armbian.

Might have to try with 32bit Bullseye if OMV still installs on 32bit systems.

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That seems extremely low

That's what I thought too. I realise I'll be pushing it but was hoping if I amp out the swap file size I might be able to get away with it. I guess some of that ram'll get allocated to display even on headless systems though.

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docker is phasing out 32bit support

Thanks Arron, I'm hoping 32 bit'll just be a stopgap until I can learn how best to squeeze the most out of these little boards.

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You will kill the SD card quickly if the swap partition/file is on the the SD card

I have a Samsung endurance pro card, also a good 3.1usb stick with the option of using a cheap sata ssd.

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I think you are asking too much out of a Zero 2W

You're probably right. I can always run plex etc bare metal but I'm playing with the idea of running containers on OpenWRT as well

If it fails at least I've learned a lot on the way!

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That is always good to learn more

I appreciate your input Arron, thanks.

I'll post back for sure and let you know how it goes!

In case anyone's interested, I've got a 32bit Bookworm OMV running on a Zero 2 with SMB, Transmission, Plex server, Wireguard and shairplay.

I had to install Docker by hand (weird error in the OMV interface) but everything's working well with about 130mb ram free still. It's overclocked/volted to 1.3 with passive cooling but it's taken pretty well, very happy so far tbh

Ok, scaled things back a bit.

64bit Bookworm, 32bit Plex and Trans containers, OMV Wireguard and Shairplay plugins.

If I shutdown Transmission when not in use it's not chuggy at all. Plex is responsive, video files quick to skip, FF, whatever.

Actually kind of surprised how well this works, absolutely not bottoming out in any meaningful way (unless Plex's scanning a new folder of c). Sits around 50ºC on a 20º ambient temp, passively cooled.

Thought I'd have to resort to dietpi, this is so much better.