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-= Trash Panda Guides =
+===== Welcome to Trash Panda Guides =====
+Before getting into any configuration or architecture guides, it’s important to acknowledge [[https://trash-guides.info/|TRaSH Guides]]. Without the incredible work they’ve done, nothing here would exist. A large amount of the tuning and philosophy you’ll find throughout this wiki is rooted directly in their work.
-Before getting into any configuration or architecture guides it's important to recognize TRaSH Guides because without the incredible work they've done nothing here would be possible. A lot of the tuning here is rooted in the guides provided by TRaSH. What I found after following those guides though is that unless you're a hardcore Cinephile looking to create an archive quality media collection the guides might work well for you. That's where this effort was born.
+Where this effort diverges is intent.
-The guides you will find here are targeting the Plex administrator that is looking to build a set-it-and-forget environment that is built on consumer quality media. That doesn't mean poor quality, it's just a balance between archive quality (and the disk space required for it) and consumer quality where 1080p and 4K content remains manageable in terms of both disk consumption and streamability.
+TRaSH Guides are exceptional if your goal is an //**archive‑quality media collection**// — pristine releases, maximal fidelity, and little compromise. What I found after following those guides, though, is that unless you’re a hardcore cinephile with deep pockets, vast storage, and serious hardware, that approach may not align with how you actually consume media.
-The configurations contained herein will not produce "junk" content libraries, nor will they produce an archive quality library as the TRaSH Guides most certainly will. They will result in maximum efficiency. So, if you're like I was and you want to build a system consisting of quality content without needing petabytes of storage or an NVIDIA Quadro, this is the place for you.
+That gap is where **Trash Panda Guides** was born.
-You will find architectural guidance to build a Plex ecosystem for maximum accessibility and security, and configuration guidance to create an ecosystem that practically runs itself. Within this Wiki you'll find configuration guides for Plex, Prowlarr, Sonarr, Radarr, FlareSolverr, NGINX, Jackett, Overseerr, QBittorrent, and Unmanic as well as guides to configure your hardware and networking to optimize speed, efficiency, and reliability.
+===== Why “Trash Panda”? =====
+Like your friendly neighborhood trash panda, we dug through the TRaSH. We pulled out what we needed, kept what made sense, and ignored what didn’t serve //our// goals. Now we’re sharing the spoils of those dumpster dives with you.
+===== What These Guides Are (and Are Not) =====
+These guides target the **Plex administrator who wants a true set‑it‑and‑forget environment**, built around consumer‑quality media.
+That does not mean poor quality.
+It means striking a deliberate balance:
+    ✘ Not archive‑grade remuxes that devour disk space
+    ✘ Not low‑effort junk releases
+    ✔ Efficient 1080p and 4K content that looks great
+    ✔ Libraries that scale without petabytes of storage
+    ✔ Systems that don’t require enterprise GPUs to function
+The configurations here //**will not**// produce junk libraries, and they //**will not**// produce an archive‑quality collection either.
+What they //will// produce is maximum efficiency.
+If you want quality content without needing petabytes of storage or an NVIDIA Quadro, you’re in the right place.
+Within this wiki you’ll find:
+  * Architectural guidance to build a secure, accessible Plex ecosystem
+  * Configuration guides that allow the system to largely run itself
+  * Practical tuning rooted in real‑world performance, not theoretical perfection
+Covered services include (but are not limited to):
+  * Plex
+  * Prowlarr
+  * Sonarr
+  * Radarr
+  * Overseerr
+  * qBittorrent
+  * Unmanic
+  * Jackett
+  * FlareSolverr
+  * NGINX
+You will also find guidance on hardware, networking, and security configuration to support them.