Configs for my first home server

[Filipe Costa]

Hello everyone, I am setting up a home server for the first time and would appreciate some advice. I am going to use TrueNas because I also want NAS for my PCs.

Here are the configurations and some questions I have below.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Sparkle Intel ARC A310 Eco 4 GB
Asrock A520M-HDV
NOX Xtreme URANO Pro 550 W
16GB DDR4 3200
NVME 128 GB
HDD 2TB (Later, I want to buy at least two 4TB HDDs and keep the 2TB one just for Jellyfin).

Will Intel be able to transcode 4K movies and some even 4K HDR movies? If so, what would be the limit on devices, for example?
Another question is whether Intel ARC will be compatible with TRUENAS. Will I have any problems with drivers or anything like that?
And finally, will 128 GB NVME be enough? I say this because at the moment I will probably have Jellyfin, maybe Immich, a Minecraft Bedrock server for me and my friends, and little else.

Thank you.

[jdoxen]

This is very similar to my specs and should be plenty. My Jellyfin is using the official TrueNAS app and took very little effort to see my Arc A380 and use it for transcoding. TrueNAS Community Edition is Linux based and like AMD, Intel provides kernel drivers built into Linux that require no installation. It's just Nvidia that doesn't like to play nice.

The A380 absolutely crushes 4K HDR and I hear the A310 isn't that much less powerful. I've personally only done it with one client at a time, but reports around the forum are that it can confidently handle several streams at once.

128GB NVME should be enough for a boot drive, Jellyfin and Minecraft server. You'll just have to do a little extra setup to make sure Jellyfin finds your movies on the HDD. The lack of redundancy does worry me a little bit, but if you're not storing irreplaceable personal data then it's probably okay.