plex media server ubuntu 18.04 remote drive

My mobo supports hardware RAID, my question is, should I use the board's RAID system or freeNAS/Ubuntu's software RAID system?

If I go with Ubuntu is there something similar that would allow me to admin remotely? I'm not good, or patient enough to do everything command line based so a gui would be ideal. One thing I REALLY like about freeNAS though is that it has a webportal interface that you can use to admin it and it doesn't require the system to have a monitor/m & kb. Which one would better suit my needs in these areas? It seems like most of the plugins for freeNAS will work with Ubuntu so I might be able to go that route. and be able to stream them to devices in the house, possibly have access to them from outside the house and to eventually be able to have a local php/mysql development environment. I want to do the basics: store data, movies, pics etc. I'm trying to decide on 2 things, first is whether to use something like freeNAS, or Ubuntu Linux.įreeNAS does pretty well everything I want it to, but where it seems to lack is providing a local web hosting service. I'm building my first home server tonight !

Plex media server ubuntu 18.04 remote drive