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I am looking to basically just transition to a small time, forever on, server to support my growing Plex footprint. I don't need anything top of the line, and I've already crimped my lines to the room.

What's the most cost effective way to go about this? Figured i would come to the pros.

Thanks!

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[-] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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LXC Linux Containers
NAT Network Address Translation
NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
Plex Brand of media server package
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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