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1. 

   @Jmoney4life1

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   I know how you fell about them fans I’m trying to see what I can do about mine so far I’m thinking about changing the fans and buying a close rack with a fan built in so it won’t over heat I love that rack you have might roll with that if I can I have the 24bay I need to rebuild that also starting to get more 4k content for plex can’t wait to see part2

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   @DevonYoung1

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   I have a 24 Bay Norco case I just started messing around with. This video is on time lol

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   @balla2172

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   Server 2019 refs fileststem has no real bit rot either

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4. 

   @thewrox

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   Very Nice setup, but one question, what you put on those drive to need 120 TB

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   @mikeydk

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   Did I understand this right? You have plex running in a VM? Why not use a docker, so it can use only the memory it need, instead of having to assign memory to it?

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   @Zanthum

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   Anxiously awaiting part 2

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   @adamtheman17

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   why plex, emby has less limits and also for open source free look into JellyFin its a fork of emby but open source and free so you dont need to pay nothing to run it and there is no limit on devices or users. Also why did you buy the gtx 1070 i guess you can use it for trans coding but someone who is on a budget and wants a server like this really don't need it

   My Server
   Emby & JellyFin
   Windows Server 2016 x64
   2x Intel Xeon X5670 2.93GHz 6-Core
   64GB DDR3 Memory
   1TB SSD For OS & Server Software
   24TB Hard Drive All In RAID For Movies & TV Shows

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   @Juice866

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   Unraid is trash, I had a pro key and used it for 6 months. Lost data that had been safe for over a decade.
   Freenas is a much safer option

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   @Trooper_Ish

   October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

   Nice Journey, and great new setup. I'm also glad your audience hasn't flooded the comments with "FreeNAS is BSD based"

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    @dabigi

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    This is literally the video every Plex user should watch to save a ton of Money on upgrade paths. Thanks for helping me see a better future for my Plex Server.

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    @AdrianDucao

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    i like the loud noisy kind vibe with my servers in fact, i moved my servers from our make shift server room to our bed room with my roommate, you should see the look on his face hahaha

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12. 

    @KeyJayHD

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Here is my setup:
    Case: Rosewill 1.0 mm Thickness 4U Rackmount Chasis (8 fans built in, Stock is VERY QUIET!)

    Motherboard: ASRock H87WS-DL ATX Motherboard

    HDD: WD Red 2 TB NAS Hard Drive (x6) in RAIDZ2 = 7TB Usable Storage + WD Red 4 TB NAS Hard Drive (x7) in RAIDZ2 = 19TB Usable Storage. Total space = 26TB

    NIC: Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4 PCI 2.0 Compatible Version, 4 Port NIC (in LACP)

    RAM: Crucial 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600

    CPU: Xeon E3-1271 v3 Quad-Core Haswell Processor 3.6GHz (Passmark 10142)

    Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 6 heatpipe with Dual NF-A15 140mm fans

    PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 PSU

    Currently running FreeNAS on it and have so for years without too many issues. I more than likely will be upgrading to a Norco 24 bay probably next year to make drive replacements easier. Thing to note though that if you require Docker, you may have some trouble with FreeNAS, however I'm running everything I need without it and I'm not using VM's at all (iocages pretty much work fine).

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13. 

    @fithwum

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    i took the same path just with different hardware.

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14. 

    @halo37253

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Honestly if I was you, I would have ran VMWare's ESXI OS. Then Run FreeNAS for your Storage Pool. Problem with Unraid is the bitrot, unraid will not protect you from bitrot over time. And your media will end up with tiny errors over time. Honestly I would consider swapping over to Freenas when you get a chance. Then when you do need to upgrade storage, you swap entire zdev's out for larger pairs and even add more vdevs to your entire storage pool.

    You can passthrough SAS Cards that are in passive mode directly to a VM, which is what Freenas wants. My Server at home runs on Ryzen for low power usage, and my tower case has 11 hot swap bays. My Plex runs on its own VM inside esxi with a Nvidia GPU passed through to the VM, running ubuntu as the OS. I have a handful other other VM's on the machine, and rebooting one doesn't take the rest down.

    The plus to my method is the complete ability to move the setup to new hardware without reconfiguring. The VM Images are easily backed up, and the whole ESXI config can be backed up as well. Freenas also isn't tied to hardware, so a sas card failure isn't going to stop it from recovering with another card.

    I used to go from server setup to server setup for years, I just got fed up with the pain of migrating.

    ESXI isn't for everyone though. And if you do want to use a few of your motherboard's sata ports for HDD's, and want to passthrough the entire drive to the VM. You have to do it via the console, as there is no way to do it in the GUI. And it also requires manual driver install for Realtek Ethernet adapters, and just will refuse to use them. But they do work after going through the trouble to make them work. The network stack works great, and ESXI is super stable. Honestly it is the way to go for VM Management.

    Unraid is a bad choice for a large NAS setup, I honestly wish Linus would stop pushing it.

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15. 

    @zhixiangzhao2597

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Freenas is not a linux distro, its bsd based

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    @zhixiangzhao2597

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Also u prolly could have just fanmoded the 4u server

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17. 

    @MinecraftAzsassin

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    I have two servers (just shipped my third server to a friend who wanted my old Dell PowerEdge R710). Ones a T710 and the other is a T620. Both tower servers (That’s what the ‘T’ is for who don’t know). My T710 is pretty loud. The T620 however, is the quietest enterprise server I’ve ever had. Its on 24/7 and I use it for a lot of things if not everything.

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    @drkcodeman

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Nice video you should of went through esxi instead

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19. 

    @skatcat743

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    >plex
    ok mr proprietary software

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20. 

    @EthanSeville

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    I currently i have a i7 2600 with a 4 port sata pcie card and 3 port on mobo so i have 5x 8tb hdd 2 for parity and 2x 1tb in raid 1 cashe disk running on unraid. Im not gonna run out of space anytime soon

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21. 

    @DigitalSteel

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Running Windows, I am surprised you never tried storage spaces

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22. 

    @LudvigLindell

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    How did you fit 120TB in a Thermaltake Tower 900? I would love to see the inside of that.

    I have a Lian Li PC 343 case. Its a bad case.. But it fits >30 3.5" drives..

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23. 

    @AustinMichael

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Is that the case that Thermaltake knocked off of caselabs?

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24. 

    @kiddywiddy5000

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    I have a Synology RS4017xs+ LOL

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25. 

    @shadowdragonsky7950

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    I used windows server for years and it was so slow I'm on Ubuntu now so i can still run stuff like minecraft servers. Also have 3 5TB drives in a zpool so a get about 8tb's. just using some old hp z300 workstation.

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26. 

    @canadianpepsifan

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    thats ridiculous and unneeded

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27. 

    @SimanSlivar

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    IMHO I think the best is to separate your storage and your transcoding "plex" server. I run a Jellyfin server and I have the remote "drive" mounted on the jelly server. The only drawback is that you really need a high speed network. You could also do like I did and use an infiniband dedicated storage network, if your aiming for scale that is. I use Supermicro servers for the storage arrays with noctua fans at a little over 330TB with one cascaded drive box. For transcoding I suggest touring cards with hacked drivers so you have unlimited sessions.

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28. 

    @graschbaten

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Why you use a VM and not a Docker? You can also passtrough the GPU for Trancoding. In my opinion it makes no sense.. A Windows VM is written on other Paper

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29. 

    @Newtorious

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    but can it run crysis?

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30. 

    @marcmedeiros8857

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Great content – Sub'd just off this video! Thanks!

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31. 

    @fmslickful

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    EWWW and N00b

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32. 

    @NextLevelCode

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    What are you using the windows vm for? Also have you learned about containers yet? Much more efficient then a VM. You could run Plex in a container.

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33. 

    @michaelfrei9296

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Check out Proxmox

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34. 

    @bestgetoffmyback

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    where did you find the extra drive cages for the Tower 900?

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35. 

    @rollypoli8996

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Freenas a Linux distro? I thought it is based on FreeBSD

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    @massgrave8x

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Can someone enlighten me as to what the benefits of using Unraid/FreeNAS over Windows are?
    My current server runs Windows, I have my drives in a Storage Spaces pool for speed and parity redundancy and it works great.

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    @FreeSpeechWarrior

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    You should have gotten a pcie Dell perc 6i RAID controller and ran RAID 5 or 6. Hardware RAID is much faster. You could run Windows 10 with Windows subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu. That way you could create a startup script that will relaunch the subsystem for Linux if your server crashes. of course Plex runs as a service so that will start up when the Ubuntu instance launches again.

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38. 

    @johnmoricone294

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Nice tutorial, I've been gathering info to build my PMS and have been going back and forth with the whole used ebay servers but I do not want the free dyson sound as this will be in a closet just outside my bedroom. My ? Is can I get an enterprise server MB, stick that into a 4u rack case (rosewill or similar) with noctua fans / cpu cooler and a standard computer PSU. If so, what PSU did you use in your build and what issues do you foresee. Thanks in advance

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39. 

    @reloader9114

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Could you tell me the motherboard,cpu and ram type please

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40. 

    @CRCfail

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    I get it's a hobby and all, but 117tb? I've got tens of thousands of movies on just a few tb. What in the world can you use to fill that much space?

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41. 

    @CrypticForceX

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Hi want to do a similar budget build, but only for storage (I'm using shield pro to direct play files no transcoding) would you suggest anything?

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42. 

    @franciscooteiza

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    Terrible, horrible video, everything is just so wrong! Dislike!

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43. 

    @_lime.

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    My current server lives in a Rosewill RSV-L4500U. It's a 4U rack mount case with 15 bays, not hot-swapable. It'll take any MB up to E-ATX and a standard ATX power supply. I've got an MSI B450 board with a Ryzen 3600 and 32GB of ram. Mostly just old parts from other builds I had laying around. I replaced all the stock fans with Noctua one's and have a NH-U9S cooling the CPU. Stays dead quiet, good processing power, and 15 bays for storage.

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44. 

    @onefingerman9849

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    As a EMC engineer for 12 years and an Isilon supporter, you sir, are crazy 🙂

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45. 

    @jamesgibb9341

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    As someone whos starting out wanting a custom build plex server. I love your set up.

    What was the cost of it all?

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    @makodaniel4885

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    So what motherbord do you have now? How many drives at what form factor and cap? What cpu is in the final product?

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    @leemandaddy

    October 27, 2024 at 4:22 am

    What is the name of that case and is it still available?

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