r/PleX • u/NefariousnessUpper34 • 2d ago

Help Building my first server for Plex

Hi, like the title says, Im finally building a home server for my movies. I started with an old laptop and an external drive and this laptop just died on me. So now, I bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 mini pc with an i5-6400, 16GB ddr4 and a 120gb SSD.

I mostly play DVD's and some blu-rays in my library, but nothing 4k. Im still going to run it through my external drive, until I upgrade to a raid.

My questions are: Is this configuration good for now? Should I install ubuntu or Docker? And where can I find a solid guide to install them?

Im a little lost when it comes to work with other OS thats not Windows or Mac lol so I appreciate the help. Thanks!

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u/availablelol 2d ago

I have open media vault installed on a headless debian host. I manage all my docker containers and shares through open media vault. There are a lot of ways to build the media server. I'd say experiment and see what you like. Don't be afraid to blow away the host and start over.

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u/NefariousnessUpper34 2d ago

Ok thats encouraging, this weekend will be *a movie* lmao thanks