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Am I in over my head? Need some encouragement!
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Seconding the other user's post, it's just storage. You can use it temporarily for the Plex server but I highly recommend offloading that task to a real computer.
A used Optiplex is usually the go-to because it's low power and capable of doing the job. Just make sure it has enough RAM to handle the containers you wanna put on it.
Docker is a little bit of learning but you'll get the hang of it. I found docker-compose to be much easier to learn. Portainer or Dockge can help by giving you a GUI, if that's your preferred style (like me).