Windows v Linux Server (So I can self host more)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/1227646

I currently have 90Tb of libraries shared via a Windows server. I’ve been using Mediasonic hard drive enclosures with 8 or 16Tb drives and Windows/Intel storage spaces for 4 drives for the “Movies” library, 8 drives for the “TV” library, and another 4 drives for “Photos” and other random NAS. I literally only share with family, but, that’s still about 12 users across the US due to school. I have a stable 1000/1000Mb fiber connection that has been working perfectly for the past few years. So, my issue now is, I want to host my own Lemmy, Matrix, and NextCloud servers, but they all seem to need a Linux-based server. I’ve read in the past that Linux Plex servers run into a lot of issues since it was designed to run on Windows. I’m not averse to buying yet another computer, but, before I do that I thought I would seek some advice if I should combine everything into one Linux server, or leave Plex as its own Windows server and put everything else on a new device.

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DarkMatterStyx@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP English

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1 year ago

Thanks for your response! I’m a novice to most of this. Everything on my server is a physical disk that I have in my physical possession. I used MakeMKV to digitize all of it, and it takes up a ton of space. My current Plex server can transcode 10-12 users without any issues.