Hardware selection for a Jellyfin instance

[doobs]

So,

Currently, I've got Jellyfin installed on a repurposed Protectli Vault FW2B - 2 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Dual Core, AES-NI, which has an 8gb memory and a 256gb mSATA SSD.

On it, I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server

This is what it looks like:



Recently, I've purchased a HP EliteDesk 705 G3 (256GB SSD, AMD A10 PRO-9700E, 16GB) Mini Desktop.

The EliteDesk has been configured with Ubuntu server, Docker and Portainer. This machine will be 1/2 of my "homelab". (I've got another EliteDesk that I will be doing similar things to).

I've always suspected that the Protectli was really not the proper machine to run JellyFin, but it was what I had at the time.

My thoughts are that I would transition Jellyfin to the EliteDesk as a Docker instance. My plan, at this juncture, is to start with JellyFin, add TVHeadEnd, and then if things are going we, transition my PiHole Ad Blocker from a RaspberryPi. 

I've never run multiple Docker instances on a device, so I'm going to be doing this in little steps.

Anyway, would appreciate any thoughts on the optimum way to configure this system.

Cheers.

[bitmap]

Use docker-compose. You can write a YAML file that will hold the docker config for each container. If you end up with enough containers, you can use an umbrella compose file to extend the others and take the reins from the individual YAML files.

I would advise to make sure there's minimal transcoding, as I'm unsure of the performance of the R7 iGPU. Still might be worth setting up with VA-API for some measure of hardware acceleration. Doubt you'll have much trouble with those three applications on a desktop processor <10 years old.

[TheDreadPirate]

The FW2B is definitely underpowered. Two old, low power, cores and the iGPU doesn't support a lot of codecs.

Having said that, the EliteDesk, as is, isn't great either from a Jellyfin prospective. Specifically the lack of a well supported iGPU. If you added a modern dedicated GPU it should work with Jellyfin nicely.

An Nvidia 1000 series or newer (not the GT1030), or an Intel Arc GPU would be a massive improvement from a Jellyfin prospective.

[doobs]

OK,

Thanks