New Home Media Server

[erebussat]

Hi!
I've been using my Workstation to run Jellyfin server (among other things). Now, I pretend to have a dedicated home server for it. I'm thinking about buying a tiny PC, like an HP 400 G3 MINI CORE i5-7500T 16GB (mini PC) and running Jellyfin within Ubuntu server or Proxmox. 
Is this a good build for jelly (transcoding, etc...)?

[Chat-mots]

It depends on how many transcoding you will have at once and the resolution of your videos.
With the I5-7500T (kaby lake generation), you should be able to transcode easily roughly around 2/3 streams at 1080p and 1 in 4K, as long as the file are in avc/hevc. And 16gb of ram is plenty.
I believe this is a good build for jellyfin.
Remember, if you plan to have this outside your home, you should also check your upload bandwith.

Reference to see what codecs you can encode with your intel processor : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quic...d_encoding

[TheDreadPirate]

If you only have a couple users, the 7500T should be plenty for SDR content. It can also tone map HDR content, but probably tops out at one stream.

[erebussat]

I have 2 or 3 users max. The content (for now) is in 1080p. Another question: for FK library I'll use a 2TB disc. Is better an SSD disk or a SATA 2.5'' HDD 5400?

[TheDreadPirate]

As long as Jellyfin and its database/cache runs on a SSD, most storage solutions will have no problem handling your user base.

[erebussat]

Thanks for the quick responses. In my final poll I've 2 mini-pcs: HP 400 G3 i5-7500T and a Dell Optiplex i5-10400T. From what I read above, it's not worth spending a few more euros on the i5-10400T, right? Because of the codec that can be encoded are the same for both processors?

[TheDreadPirate]

If the 10400T isn't that much more expensive, it might be worth it for the 2 extra cores and hyper-threading.

[erebussat]

The i5's have already been sold. I'll move on with an HP Prodesk i3 9100T. I think it will also work well with JF

[erebussat]

I've purchased an HP Prodesk i3 9100T. It's better to install Promox + Jellyfin or Ubuntu Server + Jellyfin or Ubuntu Server + Docker + Jellyfin? Apart from JF I'll use the home server as a print server and with some container for VPN and other stuff.

[TheDreadPirate]

If you're going to have docker for other services, I'd say use Ubuntu + Docker + Jellyfin.