Question 1

Anyone use this successfully as a Plex media server?

Accepted Answer

To clarify, this can absolutely be used as storage for the media you host on a plex server but you will need to run the plex server on another device. Kind of Similar to DC Mike's setup; I have a an old AMD PC that hosts my plex server (Athlon x2 4400+, 8gb DDR2, and Radeon HD 6870 *can't remember if video card helps with plex decoding at all, but it's there anyway and has no other use to me) I do have a couple TB worth of media on HDDs in that box but the majority of my data is on similar NAS devices like this buffalo Linkstation.  Literally any USB external or NAS drive can host media for a Plex server with extremely little chance of limited performance.  The limiting factor in Plex performance comes with the capability of the computer hosting the server to decode and encode media to play on the device you're trying to stream to (for instance, accessing your plex server from another pc takes much fewer resources than on your ipad would require because the server pc has to reencode the media to a format that iOS can utilize) and, in the case of remote streaming, your internet connection.  The 10+ year old pc I described can stream multiple 1080p video remotely with no visible lag and I've tried as much as 7 local network 1080p streams and had not issue there.tl;dr - This can host all of your music, video, pictures for a plex server to access but not run the plex server itself.

Question 2

3 questions: does it by default appear in windows 10 pro file manager? can the contents be encrypted? can i directly copy to the drive via usb?

Accepted Answer

1 does it by default appear in windows 10 pro file manager? Not always. I have one that does and one that doesn't. You can set it up as a network drive.
2 The contents are not encrypted. This has to be done before storing them to the drive.
# No, the drive can't be accessed by USB. The USB port is to add an additional drive to it.

Question 3

does this support time machine?

Accepted Answer

I'm having MAJOR problems with it. It's unreliable. It shows it's backup one day. I check a week later only to find it hasn't done a single back up since. Time Machine progress bar shows it being stuck.

Question 4

Can this be used as an iTunes home sharing server? (e.g. Stream to an apple TV. )

Accepted Answer

Yes

ASIN	B08V5F9VJT
Amazon 売れ筋ランキング	パソコン・周辺機器 - 66,743位 ( パソコン・周辺機器の売れ筋ランキングを見る ) ネットワーク接続ストレージ（NAS）デバイス - 71位
EUスペアパーツの入手可能期間	2 年
UPC	747464134598
おすすめ度	3.5 5つ星のうち3.5 (187) var
カラー	ブラック
サイズ	8TB (1x8TB)
パック数	1
ブランド名	バッファロー
メーカー名	BUFFALO
メーカー型番	LS710D0801
レンズマウントの種類	イーサネットNASデバイス。
互換デバイス	サーバー
付属品総数	1
同梱商品	ACアダプター。, LinkStation 710D。, イーサネットケーブル (Cat 6A), クイックセットアップガイド, 保証書
品目の寸法（D x W x H）	205奥行き x 45幅 x 128高さ mm
商品の重量	1.5 キログラム
商品外装素材	金属
型番	LS710D0801
組み立て式	いいえ

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