Comment on What NAS to get for running plex and is there anything I should know?

bestusername@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The benefit of a NAS is being significantly easier to setup and use.

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  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The commenter didn’t bother to ask what OP’s familiarity with any of this was, just said “build a thing”.

    Not everyone that wants to start self-hosting needs to start building shit from day 1. Training wheels are ok.

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    • bestusername@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Replace “build” with “buy” if you want.

      Even a used ex-business desktop would be faster and cheaper.

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  • PoopMonster@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends on how much you want to spend on your own setup. Unraid, while paid, is brain dead easy.

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• myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I personally combine lower end NAS boxes with 4x4 mini PC’s. I like the separation of concerns, as well as the tiny footprint.

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• eatham@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used an old laptop and Kodi in the end

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• pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or AMD 6000 series if power draw and quietness are important. Add Proxmox with ZFS to run all your apps in containers or VMs.

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  • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For something like a Plex server, Intel is better because of QSV.

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  • StopSpazzing@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This also lets you use ecc ram too.

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