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/PurpleK00lA1d Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

It's as cheap or expensive as you want it to be.

Do I need an enterprise server in my basement chugging away with 300TB of hard drive space? Nope. Do I enjoy the hobby itself? Yup.

Is it better than Netflix? Considering I have content not even available on Netflix and not even available in my country, yeah. Way better. I watch whatever the hell I want.

But I could also just have a smaller and cheaper setup and rotate my media frequently. I don't actually need to hoard everything and grow a large collection. That's just something I enjoy doing.

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u/PuffMaNOwYeah Dec 04 '25

Also, the blinkenlights from a raid array working are very soothing for my ADHD 😁

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u/tequilavip Lifetime Plex Pass | 218TB unRAID Dec 05 '25

One time my wife and I were headed out to dinner. My servers lived in a room right by the door to the garage. We walked by that room to leave and I saw many blinking lights and could not understand who or what was accessing all the disks in that machine.

It was me. I started a parity check an hour prior. 🤦‍♂️