I want to make a plex nas so I don’t have to deal with Netflix and streaming services, here are some questions I have.

  1. What NAS should I get? I’ve heard Qnap is good, but I want to know around what nas I should get

  2. Is plex somewhat simple to setup and is there other software I should look at?

  3. Is there anything else I should know?

Edit: I ended up using an old laptop and running a file share from it then installing kodi on the other devices and using it as a storage point.

  • BlackEcoEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    I wouldn’t recommend TrueNAS SCALE to everyone and certainly not as someone’s first NAS OS. Sure, the GUI is great and its lack of flexibility prevents users from shooting themselves in the foot, but it requires lots of thoughts on zRAID settings and apps get complicated once you look outside the community-supported ones.

    • @PoopMonsterEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Also of note, truenas uses kubernetes, I’d say 90%+ of companies I’ve worked at, k8s is overkill for their user base. In a home apps setting it’s ridiculous to think you will ever need something like that.

    • @ArbiterXeroEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Sure, but for early users they can just go with the defaults and it’ll work

      • BlackEcoEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        I agree, but that still requires a lot of research and thoughts on the ideal zRAID layout.

        • @ArbiterXeroEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I guess….

          Alternatively, treat your zfs as a jbod and then have regular backups.