Hey
As the title says i need help and tips with my server setup. It all started when i heard about Plex (and also Emby, but i will stick with Plex for now atleast) and all the wonders it makes for your media library and that you can watch your media outside your local network, and my current way to view the media wasn't probably the most efficient. Through Linus Tech Tips i got introduced to unRaid and Lime Tech and i hade i old gaming PC just sitting there collecting dust in a closet so i thought what da hell, let's make a media server.
I currently have the server running unRaid 6.4.1 with, a PlexMediaServer docker (Lime Tech own) installed and working, a windows 10 VM.
I use the Windows 10 VM to, 1 run a FTP client (flashFXP) so i can get access to a friends "media file" server. 2 i use the build in windows remote desktop client so i can access my server and the unRAID webUI outside the local network (the server is stationed at my brother house because he has better internet connection, 1Gbit up/1Gbit down). 3 run handbrake and makeMKV so i can add my own physical DVD and Blu-ray media library. 4 run a torrent client.
It's here with the way i use Windows VM i feel like i could do it more efficient, secure and easier for myself. Is it a bad way to use it like this? I went like this because, well i know Windows and i can operate just like it's on my own desktop. i know that i probably atleast should have run a Linux Ubuntu VM for the same thing and use Teamviewer to connect to it. It's all new to me and i have never used a linux operating system or something like unRaid before. It went pretty fast from just being a Plex Server to wanting to do more things on it.
So if anyone have some tips, suggestion or maybe pointers on what i maybe could/should do differently to accomplish the same thing but better?
i also would like to "make my own dropbox" sometime with maybe programs like nextCloud or ownCloud.
sincerely dave