#nobridge

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Cake day: March 14th, 2025

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  • Nothing is hard when you know what you’re doing. :)
    Being able to completely wipe your compute machine and not worry is nice and imo easier.

    For only Jellyfin, then I agree - if that is where it stops you could run it all on an N100 integrated motherboard and have a lean sleek system that hosts your files and your streaming server. But when your services starts being too much for the N100 then it’s nice to separate it a bit and for me it feels natural to split it between compute/storage.


  • Separating your services from your storage makes things a lot easier in my opinion.
    Setup one machine as a NAS and have that manage your (preferably redundant and backuped if storing personal photos or other unique data) storage, then share it to the rest of your selfhosting over nfs and smb.
    You could either go for a prebuilt NAS like Ugreen NASync DXP2800 or build your own m-itx with a Jonsbo N2 case and an N100 motherboard or whatever you’re comfortable with.

    Your jellyfin server then accesses the media libraries with a simple mount (/mnt/media). Same with your tdarr server and tdarr nodes.
    It’s much easier to experiment and reinstall services when you have your storage separated from them.

    I can’t buy a 14tb hdd for that price here in Sweden, but I have no idea about your local prices. Is it new or refurb?









  • From your description it already sounds like all of it is in the same network?
    That cabling you have in the house doesn’t split your network, Router -> CAT6 - CAT6 - CAT6 -> Switch is the same as Router -> CAT6 -> Switch as far as your equipment is concerned.

    This is oversimplified but catches most network topologies (including yours it seems):
    Internet -> Router -> Switches -> Client Devices