2024-01-18, 03:53 PM
i would immediately discount the optiplex, 8 series intel is very old at this point (5 years) and if you plan to keep it in service for another 5 year it will be 10 by the time you're done with it, not to mention if power consumption is a concern the N100 will be more efficient
considerations need to be made whether or not your clients will need transcoding, the N100 also has a better GPU but if no clients need transcoding then there's no point in considering that
jellyfin tends to be light on CPU so the 12th gen i5 may be more than is needed, again depending on simultaneous clients
my vote is for the N100 in a general use environment, overall has the features needed, power consumption is quite low which could offset the slightly higher up front price
as far as storage, the syno seems like a good price but may also be more than is needed, something simple like a USB3.2 external enclosure would be fine but i don't think can beat the $80 price, this has the advantage of plug and play though
storage speed is less so a consideration as most storage will be faster than you can serve it, depending on clients
considerations need to be made whether or not your clients will need transcoding, the N100 also has a better GPU but if no clients need transcoding then there's no point in considering that
jellyfin tends to be light on CPU so the 12th gen i5 may be more than is needed, again depending on simultaneous clients
my vote is for the N100 in a general use environment, overall has the features needed, power consumption is quite low which could offset the slightly higher up front price
as far as storage, the syno seems like a good price but may also be more than is needed, something simple like a USB3.2 external enclosure would be fine but i don't think can beat the $80 price, this has the advantage of plug and play though
storage speed is less so a consideration as most storage will be faster than you can serve it, depending on clients