Plex Geeks? I need a hardware setup for Plex.

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No, I am using Windows 10 on the Media Server.

Secondly, I don't want to map anything.
 
Just enable folder sharing for the required folders, enable anonymous access as required, you wouldn't need to map anything. Just open Windows explorer, and enter //<plex server ip>/

Even if you needed to access over HTTP, you'd need to do the same, so I'm not sure what's the difference. Actually in case of accessing over HTTP, you'd need to first create a copy of the file before executing, however in this case you can simply run it over the network.
 
Got any idea, How can I access it on the HTTP?

I have two virtual drives (partitioned the HDD)

So 500 GB is for the Plex and 500 GB is for the other stuff. I have no problem making the other stuff 500 GB as Public. If that what you mean?

But, how can I make it HTTP?

Since I have IDM on the main system, HTTP >> IDM >> Easy Management of Files.

My IDM is very well managed to download the files on their locations.
 
I am still not following why do you want to work around the problem by creating a duplicate local copy of the files. If you simply enable folder sharing on the media server, you can access the files over CIFS just like how a local folder works. You don't even need to copy it anywhere, you can just run it from the remote folder.

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If you absolutely want HTTP (I don't see the point in this and its an additional over head), as I said, you can just install a webserver and make it accessible over HTTP.

 
Open the command line in that directory and do python3 -m http.server -p 8080
 

I have tried making the server.

Indexes are up.

But when I click on the file.

It doesn't start the download dialog box.

And, when I enter the URL into the IDM. It keeps on saying "Connecting".

What to do?

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Also, How can I show the file-size and the creation date into the http server page?
 
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This won't download in IDM, the python server doesn't support multithreading atm. Btw make a shared directory since you are sharing the files on LAN only, more comfortable and you will use your full LAN speeds.
 
@alphago I am able to download via. IDM. Question is, no matter I download via. Chrome or IDM. It takes 1-2 minutes to even show download box. How can I speed up and make it instant to show up the download box?

Secondly, I am using single thread of IDM only and I get 900-930mbps speed.

P.S.: I do have Mapped the Drive as Network Drive. But I only get 250Mbps download speed on that. Any idea why?
 
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Use a real web server 😉

The python webserver is slow to start the download cause it tries to buffer the file into memory and since it's serving the file from memory it shows a much higher throughput.

Have you benchmarked the disk in question to see what's the local max file transfer speed that you'd get?
 

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