I'd like to start a weekly share your build post every Saturday. This is a place to share your Plex Server builds and get advice on how to optimize/upgrade your server from other users!
Running TrueNAS Scale on NVMe, a mirrored pair of 500GB SATA SSDs for application data, and finally for the main storage: 3 x RAIDZ2 (6 wide) with 16TB HDDs for a max capacity of 174.3TiB of storage (currently just over half full with 6 empty bays left to populate when the time comes).
I'm using quicksync for hardware transcoding and it's all working great!
Currently using a HP craptop with a broken screen from 2016, running Windows 10.
AMD A10 chip
6gb RAM
128gb SSD for OS
12tb WD red drive in an enclosure
I was running a Synology DS220j for a couple years but wanted to be able to transcode for streaming outside of my house. It's just my family using it so I don't have that many simultaneous streams. So I ended up getting a DS 420+ with more space than I really will need for a while (we will see how long a while lasts!) I have been really happy with it so far.