Hi Guys,
This is a quick question. I'm considering building a PC-NAS from scratch. The main purpose will be for storing my data and have them accessible over wifi, and plex.
So I understand OMV requires barely any processing power. But given that I'm planing to run plex, I am trying to build something that would last me long and not need to be upgraded soon.
For instance, I now have all my movie in 1080p x264 but in the future, 4K will probably become more common and I will eventually have to switch to 4K. This is why I'm trying to build something which is not just "good enough". But at the same time, I feel like I'm about to waste a lot of money on resources I'll never use.
I live alone so will usually have 1 (max 2) instances of plex running, with or without some data transfer to my laptop. I may also deicde to share my plex logins with some friends (max4-5) so they can access my library.
For the build, let me start by saying I'm planing to go for ~80TB total storage with SnapRAID. I was thinking the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X would defintiely be a powerful enough processor (has about 13K passmarks so can run over 6 instances of plex simultaneously). This would go with 8GB of DDR4 RAM. Given that the type of processor pretty much dictates teh type of motherboard and RAM, this will end up being quite an expensive setup (WITHOUT considering the HDDs still).
I'd like some feedback. Do you think it's worth it? (I'm planing to keep using it for at least 10 years from now) Or do you think this is just an overkill and waste of money, power and resources? I'm kind of facing a dilema here.