Anyone interested in building me a system? DFW

[xlr8]

Hi all,  Just found this forum and product from the Plex page on Reddit.  I've used PMS for years on Windows and have about 4TB on content.  I'd like to build an Unraid server with PMS but frankly don't have the time to spend on ordering and building.  I travel weekly and often overseas, when i'm home on the weekend i spend it with the family. 

Does anyone want to earn some cash by building me a box and showing me how to use the software?  I'm pretty well versed on hardware but don't keep on the latest/greatest advancements.  I also know nothing about linux or Unraid.

 

I'm in Dallas so someone local would awesome but not mandatory.  Shoot me a PM if interested.

[redlaws]

get yourself a usb & licence then try any old pc you have lying around if it can boot that up in unraid.

then you can add 4-5 drives 3t/4t/6t or 8t & you are there.

[johnodon]

BTW...there are vendors here (including LT) that sell packaged systems.  Also, LT now offers a personalized support option.

 

LT Product:  http://lime-technology.com/products/avs-10-4/

3rd Party Products:  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?board=53.0

LT Support:  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43529.0

 

John

[smdion]

BTW...there are vendors here (including LT) that sell packaged systems.  Also, LT now offers a personalized support option.

 

LT Product:  http://lime-technology.com/products/avs-10-4/

3rd Party Products:  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?board=53.0

LT Support:  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43529.0

 

John

 

Saw this elsewhere, thought I would put it here.

 

LT's official AVS 10-4 is out of stock and they have no ETA on when (if) it will be back.

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=42388.0

[METDeath]

Something that may help is the following:

 

What's your budget?

 

How much capacity do you want?

 

How much physical space do you want it to take up? Do you have a rack and want a rack mounted solution or prefer a stand up case of some sort?

 

Do you plan to run VMs/dockers beyond Plex? If so, how many of each/which ones? For hint ideas take a look in the docker section of the forum and see if any of these appeal to you.

 

How much upgrade headroom do you want? Eg. more RAM/HDDs?

 

Linux/unRAID experience is not really required. If you have familiarity with a text console (command prompt), then that's a bonus.

 

 

General design idea for you would be a mini-ITX with an i3 or i5 (depending on your Plex transcoding needs) with 4-16 GB RAM (ECC is optional, some people run non-ECC and are fine)  and four 4 TB drives, with a 120 GB SSD for a cache drive. This gets you 12 TB of storage with plenty of headroom for transcoding multiple Plex streams. I'm not familiar with Plex as I stick to Kodi and having my playback devices handle the heavy lifting (too many funny codecs). This type of build will fit into plenty of cases.