Replacement for CloudatCost

thanksajdotcom

@thecreativeone91 said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.

You are just making the connection between the VPS/cloud server and your file shares the limitation with that setup. I mean you could get a free desktop of craigslist to do plex. It doesn't need to be very powerful.

I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...

scottalanmiller

@thanksajdotcom said:

@g.jacobse said:

Better Understanding....

AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

Most of my collection isn't movies though. It's mostly TV shows.

Does that mean that you watch them regularly rather than rarely?

scottalanmiller

@thanksajdotcom said:

@g.jacobse said:

Better Understanding....

AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.

What's the purpose of the remote piece? Just to expose to non-home locations?

scottalanmiller

@thanksajdotcom said:

I have one locally. The problem is I don't have the resources to provision the local Plex server the way I want.

But, presumably, doing so would be cheap compared to other options.

scottalanmiller

@thanksajdotcom said:

I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...

Can't take that much longer than building something on a cloud, right? Just take the time to do it locally. Worth the effort now.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

@g.jacobse said:

Better Understanding....

AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

Most of my collection isn't movies though. It's mostly TV shows.

Does that mean that you watch them regularly rather than rarely?

I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

@g.jacobse said:

Better Understanding....

AJ - Just for my own understanding - why upload movies to a remote site / server? I watch a movie once,.. and put it away.. Even with my Netflix account, I watch, and move on.

What is the benefit of taking a movie you own on DVD / Blue Ray, ripping it,.. uploading it to a hosted server, so you can watch it later.

You can build / buy your own wireless cloud device, rip local, and seemingly would be faster and more reliable. Hosting it on a server 3,000 miles away (and with CloudatCost; in another country most likely) seems resource intensive.

I host the files locally and connect the shares to the remote server.

What's the purpose of the remote piece? Just to expose to non-home locations?

Load-balancing. I divvy up the load between multiple servers for multiple people using them.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

I've got another server already. It's a Dell Poweredge I got from @PSX_Defector. I just need to get it setup...

Can't take that much longer than building something on a cloud, right? Just take the time to do it locally. Worth the effort now.

Yeah, but as it stands right now, if I bring that into my current dwelling, my landlord would freak...

@thanksajdotcom said:

I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

Then just don't allow a bunch of people to access it. Of course we could go into the legal aspects of this as it's not legal either.

@thanksajdotcom said:

@Aaron-Studer said:

Do you legally own any of them?

Yes.

All of them?

thanksajdotcom

@Aaron-Studer said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

@Aaron-Studer said:

Do you legally own any of them?

Yes.

All of them?

Sorry, but one question per person.

@thanksajdotcom said:

@Aaron-Studer said:

Do you legally own any of them?

No.

If you had to guess, what percent do you think you legally own? I am going to guess that it is less then 10%, might even be less then 1%.

coliver

@Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

@thanksajdotcom said:

I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

@coliver said:

@Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

WHAT?! @thanksajdotcom How do you like prison?

I never understood why you would want a hosted PLEX server, never made since to me, until now.....

thanksajdotcom

@Aaron-Studer said:

@coliver said:

@Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

WHAT?! @thanksajdotcom How do you like prison?

I'm not charging for it. I'm also not in the mood today to deal with s*** [moderated] like that comment, so if you don't have anything to add to the OP, shut it.

This post is deleted!

scottalanmiller

@coliver said:

@Aaron-Studer I think you are missing the point here. He is also distributing them.

@thanksajdotcom said:

I usually watch them once and then move on. However, many people have access to this server.

Oh, that's completely different. He's running a service. Legality aside, hosting elsewhere is obviously a smart choice then.

This falls under the posting too much online category. Or just don't do it category.

@thanksajdotcom said:

I'm not charging for it.

So if I rob a bank, but give the money away, it's OK?

scottalanmiller

For hosting something of this scale, you are basically running a tiny Netflix service. I think getting something super cheap is going to be pretty tough.