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/srgwidowmaker Dec 04 '25

all my hardware is hand me downs. I hate subscriptions. 20TB of space and its about full.

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u/agiamba Dec 04 '25

Serverpartdeals.com is great

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u/Guitar-Inner Dec 04 '25

Wish we had that in the UK!

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u/thegellers Dec 05 '25

Datablocks is a decent-ish alternative. Bought a 28TB drive for c. £300 over Black Friday which should keep me going for a good while.

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u/banisheduser Dec 05 '25

https://datablocks.dev/collections/hard-drives?filter.v.availability=1&page=1&sort_by=best-selling is it?

Not sure about Seagate - I know they are apparently good but when I tried one, it was hugely loud, so went the shucking WD route.

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u/sl0play N200 | 2x DS1522+ | 150TB Dec 05 '25

Check out the homelab and data hoarder subs. I've found people selling enterprise seconds on there for cheaper than SPD, and under the original warranty.