NAS and Jellyfin server 2 in 1

[abstrakt42]

I got my hands on an older Dell inspiron chassis with an ATI video card and about 8gb ram, I threw a few TB of storage in there, and I'm about to rebuild. The purpose will be 2 part: It needs to be a NAS for all media, accessible by both Linux and Windows clients, and it needs to run Jellyfin server internally on my home network.
I'm thinking I can probably do both with Linux Mint or something, but definitely open to ideas and specifics to maximize its capabilities. I'm aware of docker and such but I'm not super fluent in container engineering, I could get up to speed if that's the right move.

[TheDreadPirate]

IMO, if you don't need the benefits of containers it just adds complexity for simple setups.

Also, for the record, if the rest of that Dell PC is as old as the ATI video card, you will need to ensure that your library can direct play on all clients because it probably can't handle transcoding.

[abstrakt42]

It's not "that" old, it's a PCI-E Radeon card with active cooling, although the fan is tiny. According to the part number I "think" it's a 512MB HD6350. Mid to late 2010's. I haven't stood up the machine yet to query the chipset directly.

[Emailluka]

Apart from the hardware-needs and the possibility that you need more potent one..
If you really just want a NAS and Jellyfin i would suggest Openmediavault and Jellyfin in a docker-container.
I got that setup myself and i am far from a specialist in any regards.
There is even a guide which you could follow pretty much step by step (https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=...ker_in_omv) [please remove if posting that link is not allowed!]
But - as i said - there are more capable people here to give advice

[abstrakt42]

Apart from the hardware-needs and the possibility that you need more potent one..
If you really just want a NAS and Jellyfin i would suggest Openmediavault and Jellyfin in a docker-container.
I got that setup myself and i am far from a specialist in any regards.
There is even a guide which you could follow pretty much step by step (https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=...ker_in_omv) [please remove if posting that link is not allowed!]
But - as i said - there are more capable people here to give advice

What do you have docker running on top of?  Windows?  Linux?  Something else?

[Emailluka]

Openmediavault
Its an opensource nas-solution based on Debian - so Linux basically. Its pretty easy to setup and administrate.