I setup SSH and VNC for easy access then assigned a static IP address to the Pi using the Google Home app.Īfter a bunch of research and experimentation (which I will not bore you with) I decided to go with Open Media Vault (OMV) as my main way of managing the Pi. So I decided to just go with the standard Raspbian OS, I grabbed the ISO smashed it on an SD card and got cracking. Unraid would have been my first choice for a NAS / Media Server but it requires an x86 CPU and the Pi is ARM so unfortunately thats a non starter. Low Cost, I aint made of money, if I was I would just buy a Drobo.

Powerful, it doesnt need to be a super computer but it needs to have enough juice to transcode a 4k video.

Redundant, im not storing my sons baby pics on it or anything but I would rather not loose the data either, so some sort of redundancy would be nice.

Flexible, I have a bunch of old hard drives, so I want to just sling them in there and have them all just work and contribute to one large pool of 'stuff'.

Quiet, its going to live in my office, so I don't want it bothering me with it whining all the time.Low Power, its going to be on all day so it should just sip from the fountain of joules.Since I had a spare Raspberry Pi 4 glaring at me from my desk I thought, sure why not, how hard could it be? Requirements

So I wanted to build a low-powered NAS and Plex server so when I put PC asleep at night I can still enjoy some quality time with my content on the TV downstairs. My PC is awesome but it has a bit of an addiction to Watts.

Raspberry pi plex server