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You '''could''' simply try to give the media server enough local storage for ALL of your media, but, how much storage will you eventually need? (Hint: More than you think...) | You '''could''' simply try to give the media server enough local storage for ALL of your media, but, how much storage will you eventually need? (Hint: More than you think...) | ||
Locally, I actually have my live PVE servers set up to share data drives via NFS (They each have 8 hot-swap bays in them & only one is being used for PVE, So 7 big data drives each...) | |||
The media server(s) mount NFS shares from the main servers under <code>/mnt</code> | |||
* /mnt/TV | |||
* /mnt/MOVIES | |||
* /mnt/MUSIC | |||
* /mnt/OtherStuff | |||
= Initial Configuration = | = Initial Configuration = | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 27 April 2023
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Requirements
Jellyfin is not particularly resource hungry in general.
I've found that the most common "slowdowns" are caused be library scanning. If you add a whole lot of media to the libraries at once, (like multiple TB...) it'll bog down for a long time.
Current testbed:
- Debian LXC
- CPU: 4 cores
- RAM: 2048MB
- DISK: 64GB
I'm actually running it live on a Debian VM, but the testbed is being used to write this page...
Current Live Server:
- Debian 11 Minimal
- CPU: 2 sockets, 4 cores each
- RAM: 16GB
- DISK: 64GB
Playing back a 1080p HEVC video seems to use ALL of the CPU. No difficulty with the playback, but it grabs the CPU hard & uses it.
Installation
sudo apt install curl gnupgcurl https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bash
Pretty hard... eh?
Storage
Personally, I like to use NFS for my data storage needs.
You could simply try to give the media server enough local storage for ALL of your media, but, how much storage will you eventually need? (Hint: More than you think...)
Locally, I actually have my live PVE servers set up to share data drives via NFS (They each have 8 hot-swap bays in them & only one is being used for PVE, So 7 big data drives each...)
The media server(s) mount NFS shares from the main servers under /mnt
- /mnt/TV
- /mnt/MOVIES
- /mnt/MUSIC
- /mnt/OtherStuff
Initial Configuration
- Browse to http://MEDIASERVER:8096
- (Replace MEDIASERVER with the IP or FQDN of your server...)
- Follow the prompts
- (Admin user will be able to manage the server through the WEB UI)
Setting Up Your Media libraries
Some Reference Materials
Some Useful Links
- Using Jellyfin
- Installation