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dinky

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Hi,

 

I am looking to convert from Plex to Emby and was wondering what server OS people would recommend (was thinking Windows 10 or Ubuntu).

 

I want to rebuild my server (currently running Plex Server for Windows) from scratch, it wont be used as a HTPC, just running as a server for Emby and data storage for home use so no need for raid etc.

 

Thanks in advance

 

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scottd34

I had run it on windows 7, windows server and now unraid and I cant say I saw much of a difference that wasn't attributed to the hardware of the machine it was run on.

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jhoff80

My opinion is that you should use whatever you're most familiar with.  I know Windows really well, so I stuck to that for my server (in my case, 2012r2 with the Essentials addon to get the centralized backup features).

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My opinion is that you should use whatever you're most familiar with.  I know Windows really well, so I stuck to that for my server (in my case, 2012r2 with the Essentials addon to get the centralized backup features).

+1 use whatever you are familiar with

 

I'm very comfortable with both OSs but I'm running Emby on a CentOS 7 VM running on Hyper-V 2012 R2. Main reason is the much more smaller footprint in terms of memory and storage requirement of Linux against Windows. In a virtualization environment this means more VM consolidation.

 

So it really depends on several aspects of your environment (physical, virtual), OS familiarity and also what other use you will give to the server (only Emby? File server? Etc). Type of clients may be relevant too (Windows? Mobile?).

 

If you can share more details about your specific environment and setup I would be able to give you a more precise advice.

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Thanks for the info guys

 

I am more familiar with Windows but have experience with Unix too. Server (physical not virtual) would just be for Emby and a File Server type duties (but we are not talking about a lot of data as its home use only).

 

Clients in home are Kodi (running on Pi's) and Ipads (when the IOS app gets released again). Remote clients are mainly IOS devices but I will hopefully be using the new (Black) Now TV boxes with Emby side-loaded.

 

I will probably be buying an I5 processor, currently have an I3 but with more of my friends/family wanting to enjoy the Emby experience I think I will need more power!

 

Thanks again

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Thanks for the info guys

 

I am more familiar with Windows but have experience with Unix too. Server (physical not virtual) would just be for Emby and a File Server type duties (but we are not talking about a lot of data as its home use only).

 

Clients in home are Kodi (running on Pi's) and Ipads (when the IOS app gets released again). Remote clients are mainly IOS devices but I will hopefully be using the new (Black) Now TV boxes with Emby side-loaded.

 

I will probably be buying an I5 processor, currently have an I3 but with more of my friends/family wanting to enjoy the Emby experience I think I will need more power!

 

Thanks again

 

In that case I would go with Windows. You are already familiar with it and it's very very easy to setup with Emby but also as a file server plus it let's you manage file and share permissions in a more granular way than Linux.

 

Regarding horse power, as you mentioned that most of your devices will be iOS that means a lot of transcoding, so yes you better get an i5. :)

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