Are there any technical/performance reasons why I couldn’t create an instance for myself and host a Plex server off of the same machine at home?
I’m fairly new to self-hosting in general, so any insight would be appreciated!
EDIT: I completely forgot to mention that this would be for a Mastodon instance, not for Lemmy.
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There’s no context to the question?
At face value, no, there’s no technical reason you can’t run a Plex server and a lemmy instance on one computer :)
Oh shoot, I thought I included that this would be for a personal Mastodon instance.
I was mainly curious to know if running both would somehow affect the performance of the other.
Are you running Windows?
Of so you can install Jellyfin to host your media library. Jellyfin is an alternative to Plex without the inline requirements.
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The cheapest digitalocean VPS doesn’t have enough ram to host lemmy these days, especially after v0.19 update significantly increase database ram consumption. You’ll have to use a vps with at least 4 GB of ram which will cost $24/mo. If you only want to spend $5/mo for that kind of VPS, you’ll have to dig into lowendtalk.com to find some VPS deals from a somewhat reputable providers.
From what I’ve read participating in the Federation does require some competent level of commitment. I might end up joining once the process matures a bit more and the barrier for entry is a little lower for complete novices like myself.
Thanks for the service recommendation!
I run Lemmy, Plex, and a bunch of other services from a desktop in my basement. It works great. The Lemmy docker setup is a little finicky but works well once you get it.
My bad, I forgot to specify that I’d like to create a Mastodon instance, not Lemmy. Though it’s good to hear that people are having success.
