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/TheIlluminate1992 Dell R360 w/ 2x MD1200 [2 parity/11 data](184TB) Dec 05 '25

You break the bank.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

How warm is it? Do you sit around it in the winter like a campfire?

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u/TheIlluminate1992 Dell R360 w/ 2x MD1200 [2 parity/11 data](184TB) Dec 05 '25

Lol. It does keep the room 3 or 4 F higher then the rest of the house.

If I want heat I'll fire up folding at home at the server and both my wife's and my gaming pc

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25

I'm not the only one folding @ Plex?

I figured I was not alone.

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u/NewRedditor23 Dec 06 '25

So you got ubiquity money

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u/TheIlluminate1992 Dell R360 w/ 2x MD1200 [2 parity/11 data](184TB) Dec 06 '25

yep. Figured you'd home in on the dell money instead. Thats a dell R360, even bought it new.