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.