Media Server/Jellyfin
Hello
I’m very much so a beginner when it comes to servers, linux and ZFS, so please bare with me.
I have a server I had created back in 2020 and it’s worked good (enough) but I wanted to get a more robust understanding of my setup, see where improvements can be made or figure out which things will be issues that I have to be aware of.
Current Setup:
i7-9700k
RTX 2060
64GB 2666 (non-ECC) (I thought I had 128GB but looking looking at the specs of my mobo, I’m at work currently, it says it caps out at 64GB)
LSI 9300-16i
4TB (x8) WD Enterprise (media)
512GB nvme (OS)
1000W PSU
OS info:
Ubuntu (not remembering if I’m using 22 or 24)
ZFS Raidz1
Jellyfin
I don’t do much else on the server, I also don’t use containers (I haven’t learned much about them and haven’t felt like it would be needed, yet). I’ve restarted the server more than once either do to running a command that broke something or running an update that somehow corrupted the kernel and I couldn’t figure out how to get everything running smoothly. I say that to say, re-imaging hasn’t been a slow process (outside of re-doing my jellyfin config setup).
Questions I have:
I don’t run my server 24/7, only when I want to watch something. Is it hurting my drives/server that I don’t have it on all day? The fact that I turn it on and off more than once a week?
I know that I benefit from ECC RAM but would I benefit greatly from upgrading my CPU, RAM speeds or even using ECC, for my use case?
Are there any commands worth looking into that improve the quality of the server or ZFS? I have set up my compression a certain way (again, at work, so I don’t fully remember how to verbalize that at the moment).
Is it worth creating a scratch disk for my server (I have extra drives, SSD drives as well, SATA ports as well as ports on the PCIe card)
Should I think about improving my GPU? At the moment, I live alone, so I never stream more than 1 device at a time. For what I have, is the only benefit for the streams? It seems to do 4K DV with DTS Master HD just fine on certain films.
Are there more inexpensive GPU’s worth looking at if the 2060 ever shits the bed or I need to repurpose it for anything? My main concern is streaming 4K DV and being able to handle any audio channels each movie/tv show has (I only use 5.1 systems at the most). I have gotten conflicting information on what minimum GPU is needed for do all of that with no issues.
Is my 1000W PSU overkill for everything I have? Is anything else on my build overkill for my use case?
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