I’d like input on how some of you store, consume & protect your media. I have a rather limited knowledge of hardware and also limited floor space & plugs in my surge protector. My current PC has 2 2TB internal hard drives and no Wi-Fi Card from when it was rebuilt 2yrs ago.

Basically, I want something I can store a LOT of video (let’s say 10T+), stream it to my devices, have some type of backup of the material and protection from power failures.

I’ve heard many terms like Media Server, NAS, Raid, UPS & services like Sync.com, etc. and have tried sorting through various videos on YouTube but it just confuses me more.

Any positive responses would be most appreciated!

  • JackAttack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Personally, I run the following:

    Hardware:

    • Mini PC (beelink but used to use raspberry pi)
    • 1tb external drive for now

    Software/OS

    • proxmox (so I can virtuaize what I Host on one machine)
    • Ubuntu server in a VM
    • jellyfin (media server)
    • tailscale (to access my server from anywhere)

    One of the top comments mentions starting with plex. I also recommend that. Jellyfin is cool but plex makes a lot of features such as sharing and subtitles much easier. You also can with jellyfin but it’s much more technical. The only reason I went away from it was I felt the direction plex was going seemed a little too commercial for me. And I also like to use open source when I can.