Is this hardware adequate for Plex server

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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My current Plex server is on an old Dell Inspiron 620 with i5 2310 CPU, 8 GB RAM and two 4 TB drives configured as software RAID 1 under Win 10 Pro. I want to more to a smaller PC and external hardware RAID 1 USB configuration. Do you see any problems with the following hardware to serve at most two clients?

Dell 7040 Micro i5 6500T 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD. In particular, is the 256 GB SSD adequate to host Win 10 Pro and the Plex server software with all media files on the external RAID array? Thanks.

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If your media is adding up to less than 4 TB, the 256 GB SSD should be more than sufficient as system + server drive.
The i5-6500T should give you sufficient power for 2-3 parallel transcodes.

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Thanks for the quick reply. My media files are just over 1 TB so I should be set for quite awhile.

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Agreed! I doubt 1TB of media will exceed 10 or 20GB of metadata. You can tell how much you’re using today, if you’re interested.

And hosting the Plex metadata on an SSD can make the UI significantly more responsive for clients when they browse your library.

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The AppData\Local\Plex Media Server folder, which I think contains the metadata, is 2.26 GB so space is not a problem on the 256 GB SSD. Thanks.

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