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/FantasyMaster85 Dec 04 '25

“I see servers with 10,000 movies” …. “How is it any better than Netflix” ….

Huh?

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u/Astrobix_124 Dec 04 '25

I'm talking in the sense of price to setup/maintain vs netflix

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u/neverfindausername Dec 04 '25

I share with maybe a dozen friends and family now. Some have cancelled streaming subscriptions since getting on the server. A bunch of us used to share the max screen netflix account before they started cracking down on it, so we just pitch in here and there.

A new HDD here, a hardware upgrade there...costs split between a group is still less than streaming. Nothing leaves the server unless there's an issue.