this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)

Self-Hosted Main

515 readers
1 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

For Example

We welcome posts that include suggestions for good self-hosted alternatives to popular online services, how they are better, or how they give back control of your data. Also include hints and tips for less technical readers.

Useful Lists

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
communick@selfhosted.forum
1
Can I run OctoPrint and Plex on the same Pi? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Sea_Risk_2637@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I've got a RasPi 4 (4GB version). I never really put a whole lot of effort into it and just switch between SD cards as necessary.

Obviously, this is not a great solution. I was going to buy a Pi Zero 2 W for the OctoPrint so I could keep both services running simultaneously. But before I do that, I thought it would be cool if I could somehow put both services on my current device.

I've seen around this sub that people are running multiple services alongside Plex, but there's not much talk about OctoPrint.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Azelphur@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Gonna go against the grain here and say no.

Octoprint needs to stream commands in real time to your printer, I'm sure I've read somewhere that putting too much load on the pi results in print quality problems.

There's also the reliability factor, I have a decently specced home server (Ryzen 7600, 32GB RAM) and I don't run octoprint on it, because I don't want stuff I'm doing on my home server to interrupt and kill my 36 hour print lol

Also, Pi kinda sucks as a media server, how you gonna connect storage to it, USB drives? If so that'll burn even more CPU time.