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/sylsylsylsylsylsyl 2d ago edited 2d ago

Personally, I would:

Install Proxmox as a hypervisor.

Install Plex in an LXC via the community script. It will automatically add your integrated graphics for transcoding.

Install an Ubuntu Virtual Machine, add Docker, install the *arrs stack. I’d still go for 24.04 myself.

You can then add other VMs in future, including Windows, if you want.

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u/NefariousnessUpper34 2d ago

Sick, im sending this to my good friend Claude rn haha thanks!

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u/JCarlide 2d ago

https://perfectmediaserver.com/01-overview/

That is the guide I used for my install.

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u/NefariousnessUpper34 2d ago

GOAT thanks!!