Long term storage solutions for a plex server

[07_Sev]

Hello,

 

I am thinking about building a plex server I've already got an old but capable cpu, motherboard, GPU, RAM and power supply. I am still looking for a good long term storage solution. This isn't my first plex server I build. I've used old used server hardware before to run my own getto plex server however this hardware didn't survive for a long time (about 3 to 6 months). All my storage failed and now I have to go through the process of ripping all of my blu rays again.

 

I've been thinking, since SSDs are solid state storage, they wouldn't wear out like a harddrive would when there is no data being written to it. So in theory they could remain operational for a longer time. However, SSDs are way more expensive and since I have a pretty sizable blu ray collection I will need a lot of storage (at least 3 TB). Do you think it is worth it to pick an SSD for data storage or should I pick an HDD now and wait for SSDs to become cheaper?

 

[phoon]

Yeah I need extra storage for Movies and Games. I looked for different solutions and I can to conclude that a DAS or NAS solution is best. As for storage you'd be much much better off investing in Iron wolf pros from seagate they last very long. They are expensive but you're getting a lot of long term storage.

 

Good Luck!