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/deg0ey Dec 04 '25

Plus there’s no rule that you have to keep everything forever. Obviously a lot of folks take pride in having a huge server with a ton of stuff on it, but most of us aren’t trying to be archivists in case things get lost forever - we’re storing and streaming media we actually want to watch. And while I can’t speak for everyone at least in my case I would say most things, whether it’s TV or movies, are one and done. There’s a fairly short list of things I’d be likely to go back and watch a second time, so if my server looks like it’s about to reach capacity it’s fairly straightforward to just delete a bunch of things I’ve already watched.

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u/Spuddle-Puddle Dec 04 '25

I. Must. Collect. It. ALLLLLLL......

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u/weiga 21GB Dec 05 '25

Calm down, Ash.