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Home server / NAS scaling (feddit.org)
submitted 9 months ago by Senseless@feddit.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Currently I'm thinking again about setting up a home server. But I am unsure about the scaling. In the hope to get some input from experienced users I'm coming here.

Services that I intend on running:

  • TrueNAS SCALE
  • Jellyfin
  • *arr stack
  • Immich
  • Nextcloud
  • Bitwarden (maybe)

I've read the Jellyfin documentation which states i5-11500 (because the toolkit for 7-10th gen is deprecated, even though you could encode H.264/H.265) or newer for CPU based encoding or at least a GTX 1660. Because electricity is quite expensive here, I'd prefer CPU encoding. On the other side, office systems with 11th or newer gen are far more expensive. I've found a i5-6500, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1660 system for 180 Euro incl. shipping. There are a few 7th-9th gen systems with 16 GB RAM available that use on board graphics and are 80-120 Euro excl. shipping but I'm not sure if they suffice running the mentioned services and maybe a few more I don't know about yet.

I have two WD Red and a WD Green lying around, I'd like to use. From what I've heard so far, it's necessary to use a separate drive to run TrueNAS off of, which I'd need to buy separately.

Maybe you can give me some insights. Thanks.

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[-] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

What about using Intel ARC GPUs for encoding as they are all kinda made specifically for it, I don't use jellyfin but I got an Intel ARC B310 Eco used for like $45.

Looking at current prices it seems like it's around $120 now, was cheaper last year, but I still recommend looking into Intel GPUs.

[-] Senseless@feddit.org 1 points 9 months ago

I looked into it before but this will get a lot more expensive here. I'm currently mostly looking used HP, Dell or other office PCs.

The Jellyfin doc states that

Intel ARC B series cards require ReBar to be enabled. This means you must use it on a platform with Intel 10th gen, AMD Ryzen 3000 series or newer.

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