Hardware What kind of "home server" should I buy for PMS

[Tom Bombadildo]

really? small tower? though it was regular sized o.O
You just taught me something lol

As for prebuilt NAS, I found this one on Amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/TerraMaster-Transcoding-Personal-Storage-Diskless/dp/B07QSRX57Z/ref=sr_1_5?__mk_fr_CA=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=NAS&qid=1594602161&sr=8-5
It says it can transcode 4k at 30fps and support PMS
We don't watch 4k here, max 1080p

Do you think this one would work?

That will not transcode your videos, it will only stream the files via Plex. The devices you would be streaming to would have to transcode them. Assuming they're all bad devices that can't transcode 1080p content, that would not work.

I would avoid any pre-built NAS like that, none of them will transcode your videos for you, they have too low power CPUs for that.

 

[Noctosphere]

That will not transcode your videos, it will only stream the files via Plex. The devices you would be streaming to would have to transcode them. Assuming they're all bad devices that can't transcode 1080p content, that would not work.

I would avoid any pre-built NAS like that, none of them will transcode your videos for you, they have too low power CPUs for that.

oh shit... thanks
Fine, then I guess I'll have to build it myself...
I'll come back here when I'm ready to buy, because I'm not right now, I'm just getting information as to how it works

Thanks again everyone