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I am looking to basically just transition to a small time, forever on, server to support my growing Plex footprint. I don't need anything top of the line, and I've already crimped my lines to the room.

What's the most cost effective way to go about this? Figured i would come to the pros.

Thanks!

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm at close to 150TB, with a lot of my movies being 30GB+. Most are DVDs at full uncompressed, and BD rips in h.265. I've also still got my LG BD-ROM that I've ripped all my UHD discs on, and those are often over 40GB.

Maybe there was an incompatibility or glitch last time. I'd try it again just in case! Could be a software bug, too. I've got an Intel 12900HX in my server. I know AMD are sometimes not as compatible.

[–] ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, I was running in a container with an RTX3050 backing it for transcoding, but it never really got to that point.. I've debated a dedicated plex server, using NFS to pull from my TrueNAS... but I already have 5 servers running in my environment...my electric bill isn't very friendly... ;-)

This was only a couple of months ago... I'll try it again at some point...but I bought the Plex Pass back when it was like $49 for life... so I'm not hurting for anything. ;-)

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

Same! Plex pass <100. I'm on a 12900HX now which does well for all h.265 content. The difference is I'm bare metal vs Docker or VM. I've got 3 micro PCs all running various things, a couple pis, etc. I like virtualization, but I like separating stuff out to not over utilize, nor worry about 1 system crash taking it all down.