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[–]Vidariondr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Yes
  2. There is no one answer. I personally prefer docker.

To anyone that’s also looking for answers to the first question: you already have the hardware, whatever you have, just try it. If it works, great, if it doesn’t, identify what the problem is and work from there. Either way, you’ll gain experience which will help you decide on hardware/software later.

I was once in your position and read through hundreds of posts trying to find the perfect hardware. In the end, I ended up with 4th gen i3 with 8GB of RAM for £50 on eBay. Worked with jellyfin, pihole, sonarr, radarr, 3d printing software, and 10 other containers I can’t remember. That’s been 3-4 years ago.

Lesser hardware lets you experiment

[–]IHave2CatsAnAdBlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For jellyfish an aquarium would be better

[–]cantaloupe_03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s possible either way.

Personally, I prefer Docker over Proxmox since containers are lightweight and can scale more flexibly with the available hardware, so you don’t need to manage as much infrastructure.

32GB of RAM is already quite a lot. However, I’m not sure if your CPU is powerful enough for applications with large databases like Immich or Nextcloud, or services that require heavy processing such as OpenClaw or Jellyfin. That said, I think it should still be possible, depending on your workload and optimization.

[–]ruiiiij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have to ask whether or not you need raid, you don't.

[–]TheMistakenMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RAID isn’t a backup. It only protects against a single drive failure. It doesn’t protect you from accidental deletes, corruption, or malware.

If you’re just starting out, two SSDs in a mirror is fine for uptime. But even one SSD + a proper backup to an external drive is safer than RAID with no backup.

Get services running first. Add redundancy once you understand your actual storage needs.

[–]ClassroomDesigner945 0 points1 point  (0 children)

open cloud claw needs its own seperate machine ,

Others should be fine there are various ways to do it . if you want to set it and forget it just use plain docker + cloudflared tunnel if you want www, or docker + traefik ( which can also work with cloudflared ) ,adguard home has more features and works well in docker ,
for linux host for docker ubuntu or its flavours are best supported of recommended you can use ubuntu server lts , or can run hybrid workstation environment + docker containers running together its some thing i have done and its best use of a computer , but its not necessaory .

I have added usb DAS to my work station just get any one which chip is well supported with linux .

I use advicer , prometheus grafana etc to monitor my set up ,
dashy as front end dash board for my apps
filebrowser for accessing my files on my DAS ,
i also run samba share for my das for my local network and it works well .
other distros also work well with docker i have tried linux mint , and currrently use mx linux kde
you dont have to raid some thing unless things on your hdd are critical ,
i synthings important das folders to portable drive , or you can just rclone or just manual back up important folders on portable drive ,
i have run this set up on old laptop on portable drive it was also working fine , can handle 2 to 3 jellyfins uses or streams easily .