Plex server + storage

[Badfish]

Hi folks,

I would like to have something on which I can run plex server but also have a lot of storage in RAID5 (maybe 4x4TB disks) and leave it running 24 hours a day and yet keep the power usage down. I did look into some NAS's but they generally dont seem powerful enough for transcoding which I think I will need as I wish to stream over the web.

My current setup is a high end gaming desktop PC for Plex server, a Western Digital NAS (storing movies/series), and a NUC as Plex home theater which is connected to my TV. The desktop PC is a big gaming PC and so uses a lot of power I guess if I leave it on 24x7 and I dont have room in it to plug in a load of disks. The NUC isn't powerful enough to run as Plex server and client at the same time though and I cant plug in much extra storage on this either.

So could someone suggest something I can put together or buy to run as Plex media server with transcoding and have a load of storage, yet use low power at the same time? Maybe a PC, NAS, or something? Maybe something to replace the NUC too which I can then sell. Budget wise, including disks I can go upto about 1000.

 

[Badfish]

I have a HP Microserver N54 with the Synology NAS software on it, its called something else but can't remeber it.

Have 4 x 2Tb drives in it, I have no issues watching movies on the web or phone, but you can get the Gen8 which has a beefier CPU in it though.

Thanks! I was looking at these already, they look pretty good but i wasnt sure if they were powerful enough, good to know they are

 

[Badfish]

I've looked into the HP Microserver more and found out it doesnt support RAID5 and doesnt seem to have HDMI output to connect to my TV, so not a great option for me.

Think I'll have to build a small/low power PC if I can. Can anyone help suggest a case, PSU, motherboard, CPU, etc please?

 

[Badfish]

I've already got a NUC, and need a NAS. I wanted to replace my NUC completely if possible with a NAS/server, but maybe I'll just get a NAS to hide away and use it as Plex server like you said.

I looked into the HP Microserver but there's no RAID5 support sadly