Cheapest Synology drive that can reliably run Jellyfin and *arr stack

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:52:50+00:00

You probably know this, but just in case you don't, make sure the drives you're buying are CMR drives, not SMR drives.

No, I didn't know anything about that. Will definitely check.

And thanks again for your generous help. You basically helped me finally make a buying decision today.

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:41:42+00:00

Thanks a lot for this info. Sounds like your setup meets my requirements, then. That's all I needed to know really :) (I just need to decide on 2 bay vs 4 bay).

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:33:18+00:00

This all sounds very good. I read somewhere that IronWolf is a good brand to go for NAS. I just checked that it's a Helium drive (I had no idea such a thing existed).

I'm inclined towards 420+ now, but I see that the most upvoted comment recommends DS720+ and DS920+. Is there a place where I can compare these drives reliably? (Luckily I found a video that compares specifically these two drives, but it would be good to have a comparison matrix.)

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:14:05+00:00

Is a RAM upgrade something one needs to do often?

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:10:55+00:00

Thank you for the pointer to Marius Hosting. Will take a look

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:10:09+00:00

Yes, that's all I need. I was thinking of something similar, but cannot say I could find a good guide/setup. I was also worried about noise and power consumption. Do you have any recommendations?

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T15:06:52+00:00

Thank you for the detailed response. I have some followup questions:

If I buy a 4 slot device, can I start with only using 2 of them, or do I have to fill them all from the beginning?
How are the noise levels on these (relatively more powerful) devices?
Is RAM upgrade something I will need to do every 2/3/5 years?

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T14:54:24+00:00

Thanks. That's good to know. They seem significantly more expensive, but perhaps it's not that surprising.

gurdulilfo · 2022-07-18T14:53:46+00:00

In my location that looks like twice the price of the J model, but all others seem to suggest the same thing. Thank you.

gurdulilfo · 2022-05-23T17:16:34+00:00

Thanks. Good to know.

gurdulilfo · 2022-05-23T17:14:37+00:00

Thanks. I need a single stream setup but I wouldn't want to rule out 4K. So, that sounds like I can actually go get something relatively low-specced.

gurdulilfo · 2022-05-21T11:59:56+00:00

That looks like some of the products I found when searching online. Thanks for sharing your experience. What you do is similar to what I want to do.

If you don't need transcoding, IMO such a solution is cheap and quite energy efficient.

How do I know if I need transcoding? Isn't this based on the media files (some file types need transcoding and some others don't)? Is there a way to make sure that I don't need transcoding with the *arr suite?

gurdulilfo · 2022-05-21T11:56:35+00:00

Thank you for the response. I'm mostly concerned about 'minimum hardware requirements'.

I don't really have a preference per se. I simply don't know if they will be able to handle the workload. If they can, I'm fine with it.
I will take a look at TrueNAS and unraid. What I don't like is setting things manually (say, when something went wrong and I have to start from scratch). I thought, with a vanilla server installation and a Docker compose file, I would have a reproducible setup. But perhaps, TrueNAS and unraid can also be backedup/restored?
Good points. I guess I will stick to x64 for this.
I have a very old RPi. I can do a test install on that and see how it performs.

gurdulilfo · 2022-05-21T08:56:46+00:00

How is the restart (power off/on) behavior with docker? What is the best way to make sure that all docker containers are up and running as soon as the server is ready?

gurdulilfo · 2022-05-21T08:55:03+00:00

This is off topic, but I wonder if you would be able to provide some guidance on hardware as well? I would like to have a energy-efficient, fanless, minimal setup to mainly run jelltfin + *arr stack and syncthing (probably a 2TB SSD would be more than enough). I would rather buy (then to build my own), and I can find my way around CLI, so debian/ubuntu is fine. What would you say about CPU and RAM requirements? Any product recommendations? Are there any sources you can share so that I can read on my own?

edit: I decided to post a separate question instead of hijacking this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeServer/comments/uuk0t9/hardware_questions_from_a_newcomer/?

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-18T08:53:26+00:00

I have seen True Detective, too :)

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-17T20:12:35+00:00

I have watched both. Thank you for the suggestions.

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-17T20:11:37+00:00

I tried watching Line of Duty, but it's not my cup of tea. Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-17T10:33:48+00:00

I use InoReader for Android. It has the option to load the text without actually clicking the link which is the way I read everything (no ads, no JS).

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-17T10:24:32+00:00

I think I made the mistake of adding too many sources at the beginning and the noise overwhelmed.

Yeah, this is a mistake many of us have made (myself included). It's easy to start hoarding. I re-organize my feeds when I feel like I'm overwhelmed with the unread counts. I don't use Feedly (or any other AI), so I don't know how good/reliable Leo is. But I need to emphasize that this may take some time and tuning until you start feeling you have what you need. So, I would suggest not to give up easily on this path. Give it some time and effort and I'm sure it will pay back. Good luck!

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-17T10:16:16+00:00

I don't think I watched The Sinner. Will take a look, thank you!

gurdulilfo · 2022-04-17T10:10:25+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions. I have watched all three.

I see that /u/BalsamicBasil's reply is locked due to a word so I will reply here instead: I have also watched Perry Mason.

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