Can I Add Ipcam Feed to Plex

15 hours ago, MoboMikey said:

1. Consumer build PC for use as server: (about $1,700 AUD)
   1. Ryzen 7 3700x
   2. Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
   3. G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB
   4. Samsung 970 Pro 512GB M.2
   5. Crucial BX500 120GB
   6. ThermalTake Core G3 case
   7. Corsaid SF 600 PSU

If this is for the server, then i'd look to rackmount it.

I'd save money by going an X470 board rather than X570 (doubt they'll need Gen4 SSD....).

I'd save money by going for some Corsair LPX instead of Trident Z Neo, its perfectly compatible with Ryzen.

For the case i'd get something rackmount like one of these Rosewill cases

15 hours ago, MoboMikey said:

I'm currently thinking that the server will run everything (detail on this to come later), apart from Plex / Emby which I'll put on the NAS for now and see how it goes.

If its no good, then I'll look into a video card for the server, the only reason I'm hesitant currently, is because it looks like there are challenges passing through a VGA to Plex or Emby if you're running a hypervisor......still need to look further. Does LTT have a 'dummy guide' for configuring this stuff?

Plenty of OOTB hypervisors support VGA passthrough, such as ESXi, Proxmox or UnRAID.

I'd personally recommend Proxmox for its rich featureset, VM (KVM) and Container (OpenVZ) support, and storage support.

I would definately host your Plex/Emby on the server rather than the NAS. Ideally you just want the NAS to do light tasks, and let your server do heavy lifting.

16 hours ago, MoboMikey said:

Are there any key bits I'm missing?

For the rack you'll also want a PDU and a UPS or 2 to allow your server to gracefully shutdown and to keep network/cameras/nas online during power cut.

And as it comes together just make sure you plan out the network, to understand how everything should be configured. Configuration is going to be key for getting the most out of this kind of setup.

Mine for example, for the network i have a base subnet for all the network devices, then i have seperate subnets for the main LAN, Guest Wifi (Internet only) and IoT devices all on different VLAN's. In my firewall (Unifi USG) I have blocked all traffic between subnets for LAN_LAN traffic other than what I specify such as SMB for Smart TV's in IoT to access media shares for Kodi, or to access the Kodi MySQL Database I have on my NAS.

Then I have a deny all on Ingress traffic for WAN_LAN and make exceptions as needed (Port Forwarding).

I have service accounts configured for some of my automation VM's so they only have specific access to certain folders. Such as my rTorrent setup can only write to an 'incoming' folder.

I actually block all external DNS as well for security as thats how many attacks work. Each gateway on my router has DNS assigned to my Pi-Hole which has virtual interfaces for each subnet. That does all my filtering, and then reaches out to 1.1.1.1 as the external resolver.

Security is a big concern when you're designing something of this size where you potentially have guests, kids, etc...coming in and out, but the big thing is really not to add road blocks for people, so making it transparent.

13 hours ago, bobbybdennis said:

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take so many pictures of this project, this sounds awesome. I'm a newer system engineer and always wanted to plan out a whole project just like this. I will be following this closely to see the performance you end up getting and any hurdles you had to overcome. Good luck in everything you're doing!

This; it'll be a good thread for people to refer to who are looking at doing the same thing. I help friends quite often with what to get, and help them through all the configuration and setup but I dont rebuild my entire home network enough to do my own thread dedicated to this

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