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Ability to use an appropriate OS for the different server and desktop use cases.
It sounds like you mean Windows 10, which is not designed to run headless 24/7. How will you handle updates which require user input and restarts?
I guess you can run Plex as a service though. And I may be overthinking your '24/7'... ;-)
chez_jay-
It sounds like you mean Windows 10, which is not designed to run headless 24/7. How will you handle updates which require user input and restarts?
I have a Windows machine running 24/7.
It's no longer the case that an update will require me to login and push buttons. Does require Windows Pro for remote desktop though.
There one catch to everything... If you start programs in headless mode it will disable video cards, etc. And things like hardware offloading mentioned above. But I just have things start on boot and don't try to do more than basic maintenance by remote desktop.
It's been up for about 2 years, with reboots automatic as part of Windows update. Works fine.
Yes my Linux servers offer more peace of mind on this, but I've not actually had an issue with the Windows machine (beyond discovering that headless quirk).
Velocio
Well the other reason I favour Windows is I know it well.
I've run various other stuff but it always involves a lot of pissing about with permissions and things.
What would the benefit of running unraid and Virtual machines?