For work, Tailscale between vps and server. It works like cloudflare tunnels but doesn’t have the issues with the TOS excluding media streaming etc.

Keeps the internal server relatively safe and we can stream media/serve media content.

Cloudflare is our registrar and dns provider.

Until you need to actually restore a project consisting of multiple TB and it would have been cheaper to get a local backup server.

I work in a TV production company. Masters and rushes are archived to LTO8.

Drives are cheap but a real pain to keep around and you can’t keep them indefinitely.

But you’ll likely want a library. These are expensive. Not necessarily to buy, but to license and get tot software. I think our entire system, (library, 2xlto8 drives, server, software and licenses cost 15-20k)

And we only licensed 25 out of the 50slots. As it’s a real fucker as you have to license the slots twice, once on the library and again in the archive software.

But it’s been an absolute godsend, having archive projects available makes life so much easier.

You can get a a VPS with unlimited bandwidth, I use IONOS at work, it’s a 500mb connection on their end (1gig at work) we have multiple people streaming video/downloading files without issue.

You should put a smart plug on your remote server with the bios setting to always power on after power loss.

This won’t help you if you’ve fucked up network settings, but it’s a life saver if your computer locks up or doesn’t come back.

Turn off the smart switch, wait a few seconds and turn it back on again, your computer should start back up.

Same reason people pay for windows instead of using Linux for gaming. You can accomplish the same task on both but one has more support and is more mature.

Plex has more quality of life features than jellyfin. And for most, that is worth the cost and closed source nature of Plex.

If you’re happy with jellyfin there is no need to switch. Especially to free Plex.