Hello Folks,

I currently “administrate” some simple NAS+Plex machines for some older family members. Currently they are running Ubuntu Server, as a friend suggested it years ago when I set them up. As I look more into the Homelab space and learn more, I would like some advice on different OS options for this application. They need a bit of an overhaul anyways. They are not in my home and have very basic functionality. My needs are:

Supports a Raid 5/6 drive pool. For my application the ability to add a drive and grow the size makes this better than ZFS. 1.

Install Plex Server, either directly or in a docker. 1.

Remote access would be a plus. These are not hooked up to monitors, so currently doing any maintenance is a pain. A web interface on their network, or even better a remote in option from my house, would be amazing. 1.

Super Simple - I want this as basic and easy to manage as I can get. These systems should just work, instead of being learning environment.

I was thinking either OMV or TrueNAS Core. Any thoughts either way? Is one significantly easier to set up or maintain? I heard that OMV didn’t support Raid5, but then read on their own documentation that it does so was a bit confused.

Any and all help would be great, thanks in advance!