Configuration of server for 100 Users

[Ruhul Remon]

I want to develop a server for 100 users (approx 60-70 simultaneous) at my university dormitory. 
Can anyone suggest me a configuration so that I can run smoothly.

[Venson]

Ok to set some constraints right straight here:
Jellyfin is a _home_ media server. It is designed for home usage only lets say at max 20 users.
Although there are ways to achieve that it will neither be easy nor cheap.

Are we there on the same page?

[Ruhul Remon]

Thank you for your reply. I understand the purpose of jellyfin. But budget is not an issue here. Im just curious that can I achieve that with jellyfin and what may be the server config to achieve that

[paulc]

Having media files that don't have to be transcoded should be a priority. Transcoding is going to bog Jellyfin and your server down.  Like any high demand, high resource computer/server usage, having adequate memory, CPU and bandwidth is a start point.

[TheDreadPirate]

Having media files that don't have to be transcoded should be a priority. Transcoding is going to bog Jellyfin and your server down.  Like any high demand, high resource computer/server usage, having adequate memory, CPU and bandwidth is a start point.

I would add that even without transcoding, that many simultaneous users would pretty much require SSDs for the storage.  The IOPS and throughput of an HDD is not sufficient.  Even if in a RAID.

[Venson]

@Ruhul Remon ok then. A few questions on your requirements.

What are the primary resolution you want to playback? Is Transcoding a requirement? Is remuxing a requirement? Do you want to support subtitles? If so, text based only or Image based ones aswell? Are you aware that Jellyfin is not considered a "secure" software? As our primary target is home use, we do not harden against common kinds of attacks that might be expected in a unsecure environment?

[wtfjacks]

Just a thought but why not build a server then install samba and have users configure their jellyfin app to access the remote shares. You can set up samba to use a home directory and then configure user name and passwords for each user.
That way you can easily add and remove user access just by editing the user config file.

I believe this would alleviate the need for transcoding on your side.

[TheDreadPirate]

Another thing to consider, you are likely to have issues with your university's IT policies. When I was still in college, my university's IT department actively hunted and shut down student run file sharing servers (DC++ at the time). Regardless if you go with Jellyfin or a simple samba server, this is file sharing. With all the legal and university IT policy issues that entails. This is well beyond "family and friends".

[SkyFyx]

@TheDreadPirate You cant deactivate transcoding for the server with Jellyfin. Or if it's possible I would like to know how ?

[Venson]

@SkyFyx

You can disable it for individual users in the admin panel