I currently have a Plex server running on my network-attached storage. I want to add a server in between my NAS and the rest of the network. The diagram above with the red ink shows the proposed idea. Currently, as shown in the diagram with all black ink, my NAS is connected directly to the network at 1000 base 10 and to my editing computer at ten gigibit. My goal is to add a server in between the NAS and the network to act as a Plex server and a cloud storage server using the space on the NAS. Currently my NAS hosts my Plex server as a freenas plug in. I am proposing the new architecture because I believe it adds a layer of security. I have also been unable to get a cloud storage solution to run on my freenas server. Has anyone tried my proposed Network solution before and if you have what advice do you have for me when setting up this style of Network architecture?
My server will be running Microsoft server 2012 datacenter. Using hyper-v I will have the Plex server and Cloud file solution running in a virtual machine who's operating system I have not yet decided upon. Plex and the Cloud solution will point to a VM/Host Shared drive. The shared drive will be a network location pointing to a folder located on the NAS.
The only details about the server that is finalized is that the CPU will be a SR0KQ Intel Xeon E5-2650 8 core 2.00GHz 20M 8GT/s 95W processor which is currently in inventory. The rest of the server specifications is currently to be determined.