I’ve got plex on my Windows 10 workstation and I want to switch to a dedicated server OS, I would prefer a Linux box that I never have to touch. I’m after a consistent experience, which is not what I’m getting from Windows 10.
In the mix for me are:
Thanks for any help.
What do you mean with “inconsistent” experience? I’m using Ubuntu as the OS for my mini “portable” Plex Server (a NUC with 1TB drive) and I really like it, remote management and the flexibility of Linux are really a plus
Do you even need a server that requires management? If you have no need of transcoding then a NAS is the simplest & cheapest solution. OK I know that a NAS will be running some flavour of Linux but there is always a simple web based management interface & they are even easier to managed than the most dumbed down Linux distro.
@nigelpb is right, but if you are using subtitles you’ll need transcoding on many clients. Other than that with h264 video and aac audio you should need no transcoding on most clients
“Best”? What’s the best flavor of ice cream? How long is a piece of string?
My vote: FreeNAS (FreeBSD). My solution is elegant and a combined/unified NAS+PMS in a small box with lots of storage, sufficient redundancy, and incredibly low power usage.
Just thought I’d close this thread off…
I went Proxmox OS, and Run Windows Server 2008R2, 8 Core, 16Threads, 24GB ram. This allows me to the thread power to Plex (unlike HyperV maxed at 4 threads) and snapshot’s to my hearts content.
All the content is on a DroboPro FS (yeah, really old) over ethernet, and I’ve just going to add Live with HDHomeRun. Never skips a beat.
PMS is offered for Ubuntu and Fedora. So if you want “easy”, pick one of those 2.
