It is supported by the ads on the side of the page and occasionally the links I will share with you will earn me a kickback to keep the lights on here at NASCompares!įree Advice on Setting Up the Right PLEX NAS Solution for you This service is designed without profit in mind and in order to help you with your data storage needs, so I will try to answer your questions as soon as possible. “I will NEVER send you a link to a product that I do not believe will be the solution to your enquiry and will never charge you for this service!” If you want some tips, guidance or help with everything from compatibility to suitability of a multimedia solution for you, why not drop me a message below and I will get back to you as soon as possible with what you should go for, it’s suitability and the best place to get it. With Plex Media Server options ranging from budget/value NAS drives that can still perform like something 3x the cost, all the way through to high-end home cinema solutions that will keep your Plex Library completely playable at full fluidity in 4K and above, connecting everything up so you can access all your lovely data at the touch of button can be a lot simpler than you think. If you have more questions about FreeNAS and ZFS, I would suggest doing more reading before going off on comments to the effect of 'no file server needs this much RAM'.Free Advice on ANY kind of NAS Drive for Plex Media ServerĬhoosing the right data storage solution for your multimedia needs can be very intimidating and its never too late to ask for help. I use the ZFS 'exporting' feature to back up my data to an off-site ZFS system. I use three 2TB drives in a three-way mirror and have separate datasets (with separate shadow copy settings) for documents, photos, movies, and music. I run a FreeNAS server precisely for N-way mirroring and maintaining shadow copies of my data. None of the benefits of ZFS/FreeNAS are mentioned in the article, such as the ability to do N-way mirrors, software implementations of hardware RAID setups, datasets, shadow copies, etc, nor why these features can be helpful or essential components in a comprehensive backup strategy. As to the intense hardware (mostly RAM) requirements, a more detailed understanding/explanation of ZFS is necessary.

For one thing, FreeNAS is built off of FreeBSD, not Linux. I agree with DragonPoo that this article is seriously lacking.

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