
It has 12 bays for 3.5-inch drives and a further four SSD bays, as well as two M.2 cache SSD slots. It has everything you require to set up and run a Plex media server capable of transcoding 4K movies and more. $ ssh ip.address.of.server -L 8888:localhost:32400Īnd then browse to or if you are running apache, with a reverse proxy, by adding this configuration in nfīelow an example server configuration is given for a reverse proxy using Nginx, including certificate configuration. My thoughts: The QNAP TVS-H1688X is a monstrous NA enclosure.

To begin configuring the Plex Media Server, browse to To configure Plex Media Server remotely, you can first create an SSH tunnel (setup can only be done from localhost) Note that Plex recommends that you maintain sufficient free space on your internal storage for video transcoding, roughly equal to.

Because SHIELD Pro has 500 GB of built-in storage for your media collection, its the optimal choice for your Plex Media Server.
#Plex media server build install
Even though the beta update channel is typically quite stable, it is recommended to install the stable release unless you require specific early access content ( release notes). Plex Media Server comes preinstalled on both SHIELD 16 GB and SHIELD Pro 500 GB. The latter is only available to Plex Pass subscribers and can provide early access to improvements and/or new functionalities, but also early access to potential bugs. For the small plex server build our recommendation is the T1700 Dell precision which can be found on ebay for around 200-300 dollars. tv/c/plex-media-server/metadata-adding-files/124. Install plex-media-server AUR (stable update channel) or plex-media-server-plexpass AUR (beta update channel). While you can run a Plex media server on practically any physical device from a Rasberry Pi, to a Nas you’ll probably grow out of some of the smaller and cheaper options like a Rasberry Pi fairly quickly. I dont use the plugin for Plex, but have mine in a manually setup jail.
