Hey everyone!

 

I've bene thinking for some time about overhauling my well-used, faithful server (which is, for the most part simply a PLEX server). It is in its twelfth year of essentially non-stop service with no hardware issues other than the occasional replacement of hard drives (about half are 7 years old or more).

 

This is what I currently have: 

OS: unRAID 6.11.5 | MOBO: Supermicro MBD-X9SCM-F-O | CPU: Xeon E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz | RAM: 8GB Kingston DDR3 1333 | HBA: SAS Cards 2x Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 | HBA: SAS Cards 2x Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 | PARITY: 2X 4TB WD Red WD40EFRX | CACHE: 1TB WD Black WD1002FAEX | DATA: 4x 4TB Red WD40EFRX, 5x 3TB WD Red WD30EFRX | CASE: Norco 4224 w/ 120mm bracket | POWER Corsair Pro Gold AX850 | Norco 4224 Rackmount Hot-Swappable Server Case | Google Fiber | 140" Screen

 

I have multiple PLEX streams flowing at home and abroad no problem at 1080p. But I'm having some problems with 4k. 

I'm thinking about now, but mostly into the future. I want to be able to have no problem with 4k and beyond (8k; HDR; etc).

 

What do you think I would need? 

 

And did I post this in the correct place?

 

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

22 minutes ago, seefilms said:

in its twelfth year

Have you converted all your ReiserFS disks?

Everything but my cache drive...which is 10 years old. Thinking of replacing it with an SSD but unsure which way to go with my configuration.

1 hour ago, trurl said:

Have you converted all your ReiserFS disks?

You have until 2025

Sounds ominous.

 

Thanks trurl.