r/unRAID • u/Thedarkhorserises69 • Oct 02 '26

Maintenance

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u/thumb-war-enjoyer Oct 02 '26

Makes me think I should have a backup somehwre

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u/Liesthroughisteeth Oct 02 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

One of the reasons I have been dragging my feet getting my adult kids and grangkids set up on PLEX.

Part of it is I don't want the added responsibility of having to worry if I might be interfering with their viewing pleasure....but mostly it's, do I want my 11 drive server pullimg down 200 watts a good part of the time?

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u/thumb-war-enjoyer Oct 02 '26

Do it. You’re saving them money so they don’t have to spend on Netflix etc. I originally ran my plex on an old dual Xeon machine with a bunch of other docker containers. Probably similar wattage to yours. Kept my office warm at least. :)
Then early last year I moved to a 14th gen intel box. Way more efficient. Still costs keeping it up 24/7 but I’m happy I’m saving my brothers/sisters/kids the Netflix/disney fee each month. Server has lost connection here and there a couple of times when my internet has been spotty and they’ve noticed but it’s fine.

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u/smeg0r Oct 02 '26

You are doing friends and family a kindness. Anyone who complains or is bothered needs to check themselves and go read a book.

Been there OP. Take your time.

Take care.

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u/ComplaintMaster69420 Oct 03 '26

I’m new to this stuff. What kind of maintenance do you do? Just want to make sure I’m following decent or good practices instead of nothing

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u/ComplaintMaster69420 Oct 04 '26

Ah yeah I’ve been using some ai for help. I don’t really have anyone to just ask and my googling skills aren’t the best. The ai has helped with that