![]() The rock64 with omv or maybe plex(don't use plex myself) is another option the newer rk soc rock64pro which offer pci-e slot which you could add a multi port sata card too.īut usb 3 to sata has come along way to not bother and 4 bays can be bought relatively cheap around 150 maybe less sometimes on sale for 99. Honestly why wouldn't people start doing that and have mirror backups vs raid solutions. Shared local storage across multiple usb 3/gigabit set top boxes. My opinion thats going to be the future of home nas/cloud. You could run an external on every one of those in your house and have a pretty large storage pool available over your network 24/7 for very little power consumption vs a pc server. 18-20 Mb/s on the rpi 3b plus or any rpi 2-3 with usb gigabit adapter(they split the usb bus). ![]() On say a simple s905 soc(libreelec with smb server enabled) with usb gigabit ehterent and usb 2.0 4 bay enclosure i hit 35 Mb/s. I can say that most decent arm socs are hitting around +90 Mb/s thru smb shares with gigabit and usb 3.0 You need powered hubs for power hungry external peripherals that don't have their own external power supply. You could use multiple bay usb 3 enclosures I wager. can't really expand when you are limited by usb slots.ĭon't own a shield myself just read about its usage sometime ago when I thought about buying one. was hoping for something more modular too where i can expand with additional hd's. Is it good? and how many usb slots does it have? i currently have 2 4tb externals. I use drivepooling for easy storage expansion and targeted redundancy, it runs my Plex media server, I have a Homebridge VM, I run a torrent client and a sick rage downloaded/scraper, and I have a cloud backup client for “offsite” Backups. I ended up buying a general purpose server but would’ve built my own. Maybe also run some VMs? Downloaders, etc. Use it for all your data and think about redundancy and reliability too. What do you want to do with the NAS if you have an always on computer? You may not want to silo the NAS to be only for Plex. What’s your budget? That’s ultimately the primary constraint. Looking for a good solution that isn't too technically hard to set up. A new TV with Roku or Plex built in would be good. For the past 5 years I've been using an old laptop with external hard drives as my plex media server, and then a Roku 3. * OpenElec is pretty good for this, excepting Netflix.I'm moving at the end of the month. So unless you're connecting the LIVA to your TV as a HTPC*, you'll need a web enable device (roku, firetv, chromecast, etc.) in order to stream to your TV. TV streaming isn't something we've ever really had before, but would be a bonus While you can access and play content with a web browser, some Plex apps aren't free. However, video streaming can be CPU intensive, so you probably won't be able to stream HD to multiple devices at once (if at all). Music and video streaming is what Plex is all about. Remote access can be a little tricky but, again, there are plenty of tutorials available. As for the external drive, if Ubuntu sees it that's all Plex needs. ![]() TV streaming isn't something we've ever really had before, but would be a bonus posted by Shepherd to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)īest answer: Plex is really easy to install and setup, and there are plenty of guides to help. Video file sharing and streaming to various computers and two iPads Music streaming to various computers around the house (remote a bonus but not required) and various devices (iPhones, iPads) A central repository of our music, with remote access a bonus but not absolutely required am I setting myself up with a part-time hobby, or is Plex + Ubuntu + an external HDD a fairly painless combo? I've already run into some problems with the home network (Samba is new to me, and trying to add large files over the wifi network to the external HD is failing for reasons I don't understand).īefore I sink too much time into the Ubuntu install and trying to make Plex work. On the other hand, setting up the external drive to auto-mount in 14.04 has already been a bit of a challenge for me, and I'm not a Linux native in general. The idea is that the LIVA and external drive will be a single-purpose media server, sitting mute (no monitor, keyboard, mouse) with me adding and managing content via Plex or over the home network. I was thinking Ubuntu because the LIVA is a 32 GB SSD with 2 GB of RAM, which is pretty tight, and Windows is a lot more resource-intensive. essentially, I'm wondering if Ubuntu + a networked USB drive + Plex will be too much for me to take on. ![]()
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