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wanted a new laptop for a while anyways 😋

Always the best reason 😁

Why not just repair the hinges?

I’ll look into that, thanks :)

Thanks :)

Any idea how it compares to Synology Photos?

Ah, that’s good to know. Thanks for the correction :)

The disks will have a different UUID, so will be seen as different devices. I can’t remember what you need to do, but I’m pretty sure that the *arrs have a guide for transferring to a new disk without the files being detected as new.

I don’t have any better hardware suggestions than you’ve already been given, but I would recommend avoiding Plex.

I get problems with it pretty much every day. Usually it’s the client stuttering and crashing, but I often get the client connecting to the server, but not getting a list of media back.

I’ve bought a lifetime licence, but I’m looking into switching to Jellyfin because it’s so frustrating.

The only thing I’d add to this is that the people who make Paper Minecraft are working on Folia, a multi threaded server. It’s probably worth looking into if you’re starting from scratch :)

You can use any computer as a server, you just have to realise that low powered computers will be able to do less than something more powerful.

As you get into it more, you might find that you need better hardware, or more network ports etc., but most of us would probably be ok with a decent PC.