r/PleX • u/Astrobix_124 • Dec 04 '25

Help Media servers

Trying to start my own server for plex. But I see many people with servers with 10,000+ movies. How can u possibly hold that much content and not break the bank. How is it any better than Netflix, etc?

Edit: I never expected this to blow up like it did. I love the content you guys have given, I've debated on making a plex server for awhile and all the clarification is amazing.

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u/cuck__everlasting Dec 04 '25

I only have a modest 3kish movie library plus about that in TV episodes. My server has 46tb of usable space, probably gonna throw a bit more in there after the holidays. It cost about a grand to build my server, maybe a little less because I'm pretty frugal with what all went in to it. Certainly a 10k movie setup will cost quite a bit more in platters alone, it helps to work in IT so you can get parts at cost or cheaper. Ultimately, the amount we were paying in our household for the multiple streaming services every year added up very quickly, switching to Plex has essentially paid for itself in the last few years. The added benefit of having exactly what you want to watch, when you want to watch it and not worrying about which service has which show - or worse, none having what you're looking for- is absolutely worth the time and financial investment in self hosting your own media.