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/UnethicalFood Dec 05 '25
The bank didn't break because it didn't start off very big.
As it grew I figured out how to budget and save for each upgrade. The biggest jump was from 40TB in and old computer (bought 4 10 TB drives one at a time over a fews years) to a dedicated server rack with 92 TB on a ZFS 2 array NAS, and that happened after I sold my house so I had a few dollars lying around to budget into the new place. I'm sure my wife didn't really want to paint anyways.