Hello!
I’m running my Plex Media Server currently on my desktop pc! (amd ryzen 7 2700x, GTX 1070, ~8TB HDD Sata)
I’m sharing my libary with my friends and family and i dont wanna run my desktop all day long (considering i’m at work 10 hours a day!) and i had to pay 300€ additional for the power company last year! … yes, the computer was running pretty much 24/7 except for a few days!) So my plan was to get a big NAS (Synology DS1019+ looks pretty interesting!) so my server is online all the time and the power-bill will not be as high as last year! But since there are always 2 or 3 people watching (all content is pretty much 1080p, HEVC, 2-4 MBit/s, AAC) i thought i should look out for a Server Built that is powerful enough to stream 10-15 1080p videos simultaneously)! What would you recommand for a 24/7 use with 10-15 people simultaneously watching! Price Budget is between 500-1500€ (or even 2000€ if the hardware is right but it needs to be a monster for that kind of money!
I never build a Server or Computer, so thats why i’m scared haha (but i installed 2 hdd drives into my tower yesterday, so with a good tutorial i should have no problem with a server built!
and 30% of my people are direct streaming the content, so no transcoding! but for most of my friends it needs to transcode before! … if that is important?!]
sorry for the noob question, couldnt find a quick answer but what is the advantage of unRAID compared to a windows based server?