Good news selfhosted crowd! I pitched the idea of setting up a server, and she is down with the idea!
I want to run Linux and host things like Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Navidrome, maybe Plex (I currently host it off my Mac desktop but would move it to a dedicated server).
I know you can host Plex et al on something like a Raspberry Pi, but I want a bit more power. I want something that can push at least 2-3 4K streams.
I’m considering targeting 12th gen i5 with 16GB DDR4. Maybe 32GB if I can swing it. Is that overkill? I know you want 8th gen Intel for hardware transcoding of either x265/HEVC or AV1 (probably the former as the latter is newer).
There are other projects I’d like to run. I’d like to be able to host my own LLM/AI but I’m not trying to go performance overkill here. This would be my first server.
I am somewhat comfortable using the command line, and I would be remoting into the server via my Macs (I have a desktop and a MacBook). However, Linux can run Windows games via Proton and that’s something I’m interested in for some older titles that aren’t on Xbox (like Deus Ex, which came out in 2000 and should run on integrated graphics). I’m not inexperienced with Linux and have been using it off and on (mostly off unfortunately) for over 30 years. My go-to would be Ubuntu, but I’ve heard great things about KDE lately and I know the Internet is in love with Mint these days. Would the distro really matter all that much as long as I have the required services?
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random resource - lots of options. look up *ARR stacks
https://github.com/Rick45/quick-arr-Stack
LLMs
dont bother unless youre shelling out for a big ol gpu etc
You can run stuff on a little GPU, IGPU, or even just a CPU. You’ll be limited by RAM/VRAM, and obviously it’ll be slower, but it’ll work.
Distro kind of matters.
Its a server, stability is the top priority. I’d avoid Ubuntu personally, and recommend Debian and Debian variants. For your first server (and your 4th+), I’d suggest proxmox. Its Debian with virtualization and a web interface, making it easy to manage services.
I’d also mention that you do not want a DE for your server. Its a lot of overhead for no real benefit, instead you should think of it as a headless machine you can remotely access - which is also what will make proxmox handy for you.
Intel wins in transcoding in most scenarios, so an intel-based system with an iGPU is a solid target. Full transcoding of AV1 starts with 14th gen, but that includes to AV1. For decode of AV1 for transcoding, 11th+. For anything else, 7th+.
With ram you can do more with more, but leveraging virt will make the load a lot lighter. Ive got systems with 32GB, but they are also hosting whole ass VMs and not just lxc’s.
Yup, proxmox is great.
Note that you can’t (or rather, shouldn’t) run docker containers on proxmox. Most people run a vm and then docker inside that. And yes, I use Debian for it
You can give proxmox a docker container reference, but it’ll download and convert it to LXC, which means you can’t update the container. You’d have to update the container’s os and the app manually, or redeploy the container and reattach the storage.
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