Windows v Linux Server (So I can self host more)
Windows v Linux Server (So I can self host more)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/1227646
I currently have 90Tb of libraries shared via a Windows server. I've been using Mediasonic hard drive enclosures with 8 or 16Tb drives and Windows/Intel storage spaces for 4 drives for the "Movies" library, 8 drives for the "TV" library, and another 4 drives for "Photos" and other random NAS. I literally only share with family, but, that's still about 12 users across the US due to school. I have a stable 1000/1000Mb fiber connection that has been working perfectly for the past few years. So, my issue now is, I want to host my own Lemmy, Matrix, and NextCloud servers, but they all seem to need a Linux-based server. I've read in the past that Linux Plex servers run into a lot of issues since it was designed to run on Windows. I'm not averse to buying yet another computer, but, before I do that I thought I would seek some advice if I should combine everything into one Linux server, or leave Plex as its own Windows server and put everything else on a new device.
Plex is absolutely not "designed to run on Windows". Both systems work absolutely great and in any case, a Linux server is a lot more stable than a windows server. Plex is also very lightweight on resources (when not software transcoding), so it won't affect your ability to run other stuff on the same machine. Only managing a single server is going to be a lot easier for you as well.
A piece of advice on matrix. Don't run synapse on the same server, use either dendrite or conduit as synapse is a bit of a resource hog, while the other two are nicer to your cpu and should work well for small installations.
Thanks for your response! I’m a novice to most of this. Everything on my server is a physical disk that I have in my physical possession. I used MakeMKV to digitize all of it, and it takes up a ton of space. My current Plex server can transcode 10-12 users without any issues.
Thanks for your response! I'm a novice to most of this. Everything on my server is a physical disk that I have in my physical possession. I used MakeMKV to digitize all of it, and it takes up a ton of space. My current Plex server can transcode 10-12 users without any issues.
Hmm, I run my Plex on Linux with no issues. Granted, the load on it is lower, but everything seems to work fine.
Id like to recommend unRaid, its linux but has a nice gui you can access through your browser and just makes running everything super simple, you can install dockers almost like you would install an app on your phone. I use the official plex docker and followed the trash guides to get atomic moves working, I also run a few minecraft and valheim server, all the arrs, speedtest, aichat bot, ai art generator, a windows 11 VM etc etc and has been running great. unraid also makes it super easy to add or upgrade drives as you go