I’m running three servers: one for home automation/NVR, one for NAS/media services, and one for network/firewall services.
Does this breakdown look doable based on the hardware? Should the services be ditributed differently for better efficiency?
Server 1 and 3 are already up and running. I just received my NAS, and am trying to decide where to run each service to best take advantage of my hardware.
I’m also considering UnRaid instead of Proxmox for a NAS OS. I just chose Proxmox because I’m familiar with it, and I like the ability to snapshot. I also intend to run Proxmox Backup Server offsite at some point, and I like the PVE/PBS integration.
I ran Jellyfin on a N100 for a while and it just couldn’t cope despite being by itself on the machine. I mostly watch 4K h264 encoded stuff. I ended up putting it on a machine with an i5.
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I’m interested in why you chose the i5 for the automation, rather than the video server?
I’m no expert, but things like transcoding (or even just re-encoding) take a lot of grunt, which it seems the i5 would be good for.
The i3 would be good for more constant, lower power tasks like automation.
At least, that’s my thoughts, happy to be shown your reasoning…
I had the i5 prior to getting a NAS, and use it for Frigate. The i3 is just what came with the NAS box.
The GPU should be the same for most Intel systems
I ran Jellyfin on a N100 for a while and it just couldn’t cope despite being by itself on the machine. I mostly watch 4K h264 encoded stuff. I ended up putting it on a machine with an i5.