Plex is running so many processes?

[anschmid]

I just recently installed Plex but while everything seems to be working fine under the hood something seems very wrong.

My DS slowed down a bit and I checked the processes and found that Plex is running a lot of processes, see below.

I checked this on another Linux box I have and on that one it's only running one of these, not so many.

Anybody got any explanation for this?

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8191 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8196 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8197 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8198 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8279 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8286 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8287 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8288 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8289 plex     56664 S N  Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8824 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8825 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8826 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8827 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8828 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8829 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8830 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8831 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8832 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8838 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8839 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8846 plex     56664 S    Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Serve
 8848 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8849 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8850 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8851 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8852 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8853 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8860 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8861 plex     84284 S    /var/packages/Plex Media Server/target/Plex Media Server
 8869 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8870 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8872 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8873 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8874 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8875 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8877 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8878 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8879 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8880 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8881 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8882 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8883 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server
 8893 plex     66940 S    /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex DLNA Server


[damonnk]

Plex starts multiple threads to do the works and the top provided with the synology shows them.

If you have plex installed on another linux system as well (like me) the default top normally doesn't show threads by default.
Start top and press shift + H.
That will toggle showing threads and will show many of them as well for plex.

[anschmid]

Ah, good point. It's sub threats from the main. Got it thanks for the explanation!

[relax_nl]

Isn't there a command similar to pstree on the DS?