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Introduction
The following guide will cover how to create a simple media server using the Plex and Pulseway programs. This video was created by the [link|https://linusmediagroup.com|Linus Media Group] and can be found on the [link|https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusTechTips|LTT Youtube channel]. You can also find the original video [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmqbtKwtgw|here].
=== Things you will need ===
* An old PC to act as your server - Any PC will do. It could be your old rig that you're about to retire, a laptop, or a $35 Raspberry Pi.
* 2 x Storage devices of the same size and speed - In the video, they use 2 12Tb hard drives. What they don't tell you is that you can use any 2 hard drives as long as they have the same size, and the same read/write speed.
* [link|https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server|Plex Media Server Software] - This is going to be used as your media management software.
* [link|https://www.pulseway.com/downloads|Pulseway Remote Management software] - This is a remote management software with a GUI interface, but you can substitute this with any remote management tool you'd like. I.E. ***SSH commands*** or ***VNC***, but this software offers a range of tools including system alerts, remote monitoring, software management, etc.
* [link|https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/|Winaero Tweaker] - This kills any programs like Cortana, or other background tasks, that might bog down your server's processing performance. However, this is not needed as a lot of programs can actually be prevented from executing on startup using Task Manager, or by running ***MSConfig*** and configuring what programs should not run on startup***.***
* [link|https://unraid.net|Unraid] - This is a program for setting up your RAID configuration. This program does make setting up a RAID 1 configuration much easier for beginners, but Microsoft does offer the ability to set up a RAID 1 configuration through their built-in ***Disk Management*** program.
== Additional Notes ==
This video guide is meant to be an introduction to server creation and management. There are many different ways to create a server, and there are many different intuitive ways to manage it, but many of those ways will have a very steep learning curve. This guide is simply meant to be a stepping stone for learning about the creation of a server, and some of the best practices for managing that server.