Hey, if you are planning on doing any transcodes avoid using the 1821 for that task, it has no hardware capabilities and will saturate the cpu leaving no resources for other services on the box. It is more than capable of running a ton of Docker Containers to obtain said media. So you could combine its abilities with a SFF computer with a modern Intel cpu with Quicksync for Plex. Budget willing..
Hey, if you are planning on doing any transcodes avoid using the 1821 for that task, it has no hardware capabilities and will saturate the cpu leaving no resources for other services on the box. It is more than capable of running a ton of Docker Containers to obtain said media. So you could combine its abilities with a SFF computer with a modern Intel cpu with Quicksync for Plex. Budget willing..