2024-01-22, 12:06 PM
Synology NASs are useful for storage, not media servers. They just don't usually have the hardware resources for it
If you're willing to build, you can utilize a tower PC build with a case with like 8+ drive slots like Fractal Design cases
You could also opt for a 2U rack server if you want to be advanced. they're cheap on ebay for $280-$350 but they are power hogs and noisy and require a rack to slot them into
You can use a Ryzen CPU in the tower build. Just put in a $99 or $120 Intel Arc A310 or A380. An Intel CPU with iGPU works fine too.
You can also get cheap high capacity hard drives on ebay 10TB - 16TB. Recommend utilizing RAID with at least 4 drives not just for speed but to prevent dead drives from taking out your library
For OS look at Ubuntu or Proxmox
If you're willing to build, you can utilize a tower PC build with a case with like 8+ drive slots like Fractal Design cases
You could also opt for a 2U rack server if you want to be advanced. they're cheap on ebay for $280-$350 but they are power hogs and noisy and require a rack to slot them into
You can use a Ryzen CPU in the tower build. Just put in a $99 or $120 Intel Arc A310 or A380. An Intel CPU with iGPU works fine too.
You can also get cheap high capacity hard drives on ebay 10TB - 16TB. Recommend utilizing RAID with at least 4 drives not just for speed but to prevent dead drives from taking out your library
For OS look at Ubuntu or Proxmox
JellyFin: 10.10.0
OS: Proxmox 8 + Ubuntu 24.04
CPU: 2xIntel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (28c/56t)
RAM: 256GB DDR4
GPU: Intel Arc A380
Rack: HPE DL380 Gen9
Storage: 260TB
100TB ZFS RAIDZ3 HDD
150TB ZFS RAIDZ3 HDD
5TB ZFS RAIDZ1 NVMe
5TB ZFS RAIDZ3 SSD