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<h1 id="installing-plex-media-server">Installing Plex Media Server</h1>
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<p>Plex stores a huge amount of metadata—often tens to hundreds of gigabytes, depending on your library size.</p>
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<p>If this data stays on your system SD card or root SSD (e.g., <code>/var/lib/plexmediaserver</code>):</p>
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<div class="language-text highlight"><span class="filename">Text Only</span><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a>/mnt/omnissiah-vault/configs/plex
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<h2 id="installation-script">⚙️ Installation Script</h2>
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