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Originally Posted by BigNumbers
I am currently using plex served off my PC, with the media stored in a 6TB NAS... But I'd like to stop running my PC 24/7 to serve as the plex server, yet the NAS I have (DNS-320L) can't really run plex due to transcoding, etc...
Any cheap servers (lenovo Thinkserver?) that can run plex well with 1/2 streams of transcoding out there? I already have the HDDs just need some processing power...
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I went searching for the Plex holy grail - a server cum large storage device. The thinkserver is a good option, the other is the higher end Synology NAS with faster processors. They are expensive, the thinkserver or HP Microserver being the most cost effective, the drives adding most of the cost. And I was looking for a higher end cpu to be able to transcode everything.
I elected to go the PC (i7) Plex server, and the lower end 12tb Synology NAS. The reson being then I can selectively upgrade my devices.