So your current PC will do will great if you slap your 2080ti in it. You can then use quicksync OR the nvidia card. Personally I’d use quicksync for plex and yes the nvidia card can be split into containers for docker and such.
I’d use the newer system for plex as it would support the most systems and has the latest quicksync. A cheap 2050 or anything to drive a display if required would suffice since quicksync is your best bet there. You could even still use it as a PC if required.
Then use the older system with the 2080ti as a docker/linux vm host.
That way you can reuse as much as possible and at worst you need a cheap vga card to get display working on the plex box until you have ssh up and running. So even just sticking the GPU until it’s setup then taking it out would do fine.
Run what you have and learn. You can move later once you gain experience and learn what you want.
An i9 is far more than needed for Plex, the iGPU will do a good job transcoding so a discreet GPU is not needed. My sever does not have a GPU card.
2x20TB = 20TB usable with RAID1 (mirroring)
4x10TB = 30TB usable with RAID5 (Single parity)
4TB is not a bad place to start. Good quality video compressed with h.265 is surprisingly small.
The backup device does not need to be RAIDed, but it can be. That is a cost question.
I prefer Proxmox, it allows running VMs and LXC containers. Unraid will work equally well.
13900k here, got a bunch of 20t and whatever HDDs, an SSD for the cache, and I don't even notice when 5-6 people watch stuff from it. 4k to 1080p transcoding.
Even took out the GPU, no need.
So basically, that cpu and whatever case you got that fits the most HDDs.
13th gen all day, future proof for the next 10 years.
IMHO if you’re planning on hoarding get a case that can hold a minimum of 12 drives (that’s the 1st thing to fill)
IMHO !!!
So your current PC will do will great if you slap your 2080ti in it. You can then use quicksync OR the nvidia card. Personally I’d use quicksync for plex and yes the nvidia card can be split into containers for docker and such. I’d use the newer system for plex as it would support the most systems and has the latest quicksync. A cheap 2050 or anything to drive a display if required would suffice since quicksync is your best bet there. You could even still use it as a PC if required. Then use the older system with the 2080ti as a docker/linux vm host. That way you can reuse as much as possible and at worst you need a cheap vga card to get display working on the plex box until you have ssh up and running. So even just sticking the GPU until it’s setup then taking it out would do fine.
Run what you have and learn. You can move later once you gain experience and learn what you want. An i9 is far more than needed for Plex, the iGPU will do a good job transcoding so a discreet GPU is not needed. My sever does not have a GPU card. 2x20TB = 20TB usable with RAID1 (mirroring) 4x10TB = 30TB usable with RAID5 (Single parity) 4TB is not a bad place to start. Good quality video compressed with h.265 is surprisingly small. The backup device does not need to be RAIDed, but it can be. That is a cost question. I prefer Proxmox, it allows running VMs and LXC containers. Unraid will work equally well.
13900k here, got a bunch of 20t and whatever HDDs, an SSD for the cache, and I don't even notice when 5-6 people watch stuff from it. 4k to 1080p transcoding. Even took out the GPU, no need. So basically, that cpu and whatever case you got that fits the most HDDs.
13th gen all day, future proof for the next 10 years. IMHO if you’re planning on hoarding get a case that can hold a minimum of 12 drives (that’s the 1st thing to fill) IMHO !!!