Hello! I’m upgrading my home server and am looking for some advice on how to use all of my available hardware.

My server runs off of an old 6600k with DDR4 RAM. I have a new motherboard and a 14600k on order with plans to reuse the RAM since the speed and amount (32GB) is sufficient for now.

This server started as a Plex server with an Arr stack. I’ve added some small YouTube utilities (MeTube and Pinchflat) as well as Home Assistant. This is all running in OMV with mergerfs and SnapRAID for storage.

Here are a two plans that I need help deciding between. I’m worried about cramping my expansion possibilities or making things convoluted for no gains:

1. All-in-one Server: Everything moves over to the new 14600k server, including Plex, my NAS, and other self-hosted utilities. I’ve got a NAS case that will support 10 3.5" drives as well as a SATA controller card to expand my available 6 Gbps ports to 12.

2. Media Server and NAS Server: The 14600k machine runs Plex and all other self-hosted tools. The 6600k runs OMV to manage NAS storage on a separate machine.

Long story short: I have all of the required hardware to make two machines. Does that make things easier for me in the long run, or am I just over complicating things?