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[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

My Plex server is nothing more than a Raspberry Pi tied to a SSD.

[-] JFowler369@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I'd love to get mine all on SSDs but 80tb of SSDs gets pretty expensive

[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

With that much data I'd go for standard hard disks too. Probably gets the job done just as well.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I just am getting started. My plex server is very aging gaming PC running while i game lol.

[-] BlovedMadman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's how I started, when I upgraded my PC my old PC became a dedicated Plex server running Linux, then the CPU gave up after 8 years (3 years as a 24/7 sever) then bought a PC to run unraid. Its a slippery slope, I started on 16tb of media 6 months ago, I'm now on 24tb...

December 2023 update... Now 30tb

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

Mine is a NUC running Jellyfin tied to a HDD via USB

[-] s3rvant@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

+1 for Jellyfin!

I have refurbished off-lease PC running Jellyfin which we connect directly to our TV for easy access to various streaming services as well

[-] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Gah I want to switch to Jellyfin but there is no PS5 app.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

My way is just a chromecast.
Sadly thats currently the only solution by adding yet another device but for 40/60€ it's not very expensive. I would give it a try

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I had to upgrade from that once it started struggling more and more with higher definition content. I ended up upgrading my desktop and using the old parts to build a server machine. The only things I had to buy was a PC case and some hard drives.

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Care to share the “how to” with a budding enthusiast who received a RPI4 yesterday?

[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

pimylifeup.com taught me everything

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

SSD? Check out Mr fancy pants. Mines an old USB 2.0 HDD.

[-] lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Mine runs as a kubernetes app on my truenas scale NAS.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 years ago

Same except usb stick!

[-] iMike@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

I just run mine on an old laptop to save energy.

[-] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You can get a Mini PC with a modern laptop chip inside it to get the power savings and save some space too. Not only that, but you get the advantage of a potentially more modern chip too. I tried my new setup (Ryzen 5 5560U) with 4K HDR decoding last night and it worked without a hitch.

[-] pacoboyd@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I thought plex didn't play well with amd gpu encoding. Any tips?

[-] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I migrated from Plex to Jellyfin years ago and haven't looked back. It might play better with AMD hardware but I can't say for sure. All I can say is that I spun up a container and it Just Works™

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

Same for mine, I run jellyfin on an old laptop connected to my NAS for storage.

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

mine's not quite so glorious

[-] Irkam@jlai.lu 13 points 2 years ago

>make a 3D printed case

>make the motherboard rest on top of the case

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

better cooling, besides it didn't really need to protect the server.

[-] BlovedMadman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That looks incredible! what is that cooler? Did you 3D print the case yourself?

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

https://amzn.eu/d/8A4et2V

yup, barely fit on my Ender 3 max. but if it works it works.

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I printed full case, but cant fit gigantic cooler inside xD

https://www.printables.com/model/486506-3d-print-pc

[-] iAmNotorious@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4171229

I printed this for my LSI card to mount my fan. Works great!

[-] Apothecary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This thread came at the perfect time. I'm looking to set up my own Media server.

I love the suggestions already posted, does anyone have any more suggestions about which software and hardware to use for this sort of thing? I have an old Macbook 2013 running PopOS that I was thinking about using but I worry it'll have issues being powered up 24/7.

[-] nukeworker10@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Or, and hear me out here, get an old dell i3, and a couple 6tb hdd to run unraid, with the arr's and plex in dockers. Then decide that's not enough storage, so you get some 8tb drives. Then decide you need some mote space, and you might as well upgrade the chip. Plus you need a GPU to transcode, and the Dell won't support that. So now you've got a fractal Define R5, Asus MOBO, Nvidia GPU, i5, 8 14tb hdd, 2 more 14 tb hdd's for parity, 2 120gb ssd's for cache, and noctua fans to keep the noise down. So what I'm saying is I might have a problem.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

I see no problem here. Carry on.

[-] BlovedMadman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In use an i3 12100 with whatever cheep motherboard from a good brand and 16gb of ram (it would be fine with 8gb, but DDR4 ram is cheep so more the better) if you look at ZFS and a real raid, it gets expensive quick, I use Unraid which is ideal if you have SMR drives and/or different sized HDDs. You can get cheep LSI HBM cards off eBay in IT mode which is perfect to connect HDDs to (my mobo only has 4 sata ports)

[-] overzeetop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's how I run mine, though I think I may have a 10 or 11 series i3. It idles just under 30W, which isn't too bad, and - though I don't have lots of users - never breaks 40, even during 4k transcodes, thanks to quicksync.

this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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