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[finished, read edit in post.]What NAS to get for running plex and is there anything I should know? (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

What NAS should I get? I've heard Qnap is good, but I want to know around what nas I should get
Is plex somewhat simple to setup and is there other software I should look at?
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.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My advice is to make sure you have plenty of RAM. You won't just install Plex. You probably want your NAS to download and manage the videos and all those applications take up extra RAM.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is using the ram? The arrs? My media server uses hardly any ram with plex, jellyfin, and a lot more....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yup, the arrs and transcoding also takes up a bit of RAM. I mentioned RAM because some entry level NAS isn't designed for anything other than file storage.