Best operating system and processor for JellyFin?

[TheDreadPirate]

Nope. My jellyfin server is hosted on my hardware at home. I haven't used any hosting services since the early 00's to run my clan's Counter Strike 1.6 server.

[Deleted User]

Nope.  My jellyfin server is hosted on my hardware at home.  I haven't used any hosting services since the early 00's to run my clan's Counter Strike 1.6 server.

same, the file server is a cloud server that my home jellyfin server accesses but i have never ventured into the cloud gpu space to run a 'cloud jellyfin'

might be something i will have to look at to satisfy my curiosity

on topic though, yes VPS is going to be very limited and i would personally recommend a cloud server which is scalable

dedi would potentially work but not scalable

all three have the deficit of a GPU as already pointed out so these servers will not be capable of hardware accelerated transcoding

[javifeer]

Sorry, next time I will formulate the question better.

My intention is not a VPS but a dedicated server, which company do you recommend?

Thanks in advance

[Deleted User]

depends on your desired region

for north america if you want a high powered backbone then a server in the ashburn facility is top notch for both connectivity to north america and the eu - phoenixnap used to offer servers in this location

the aforementioned vultr has high end backbones in most regions

rackspace has good services

you can also look into google and amazon aws depending on your needs but they tend to be much more expensive on storage

i can recommend against FDC


anything you look at, perform a tracert to find out if they are a top tier or just a low end reseller

[javifeer]

@000 thank you very much for your reply!

How about heztner or digitalocean?

[TheDreadPirate]

I've heard good things about both. IIRC, Jellyfin hosts their infrastructure on Digital Ocean. And I know a lot of people here use Hetzner for their Jellyfin servers.

[Deleted User]

same here, i have heard good things about hetzner but i have never actually used either of them personally

[javifeer]

Great, thanks so much for the help!

Now I just have to decide and get going, I will probably use debian with docker or directly ubuntu, and realize the issue of reverse proxies and such ... a new world! haha the truth that I love it!

[elephantLYFE]

Best? No idea.
My specs below work great for a one user setup with two clients
on my home network.

[javifeer]

What do you think about these specifications?

CPU Intel i5 13500
RAM 64GB DDR4
512GB NVMe SSD

Thanks!!!!