Hello everyone,

I am looking for a new home server to replace my existing hp proliant microserver gen8.

Requirements:

  1. Reduce power consumption. It currently runs at around 60 watts at idle, I would like to reduce that.

  2. Enough performance for various docker containers

  3. Enough power for 4k HDR video transcoding for a jellyfin container, whether graphics unit in the CPU or an additional graphics card doesn’t matter

  4. At least 4 SATA ports and space for 2 m.2 SSDs

  5. 16GB of RAM is a minimum

It doesn’t have to be a ready-made solution, I have no problem putting everything together myself.

Edit: Budget is ~500€

    • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tubeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      And you’re able to transcode 4k with that? 1080p with hardware offload isn’t surprising, but 4k really requires some extra horsepower.

      EDIT: Maybe I’m wrong, seems like quicksync even on a Celeron has gotten pretty good.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yep, 4k to 4k tonemapping, even, which was one of the use-cases my previous Celeron N3350 server couldn’t handle (it got ~14 fps)

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      73·
      1 year ago

      Wow, that’s pretty slick. Thanks, you may have just solved one of my project plans.

      At that price/performance, it would supplant 4 Raspberry Pis I was planning on using for a variety of tasks.

      I’ve been lazily running a gaming desktop as a “server” for far too long. Trying to reduce power consumption now.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s pretty sweet. I went the other way, starting on a Pi 4, moved up to a cheap ($110) Celeron N3350 device, then finally this little beast when I started getting HDR content and needing to transcode with tonemapping. 4 times the RAM, double the cores and it’s just way faster in general.

        It’d also be perfect for light desktop use IMO

    • GerPrimus@feddit.deOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That would be conceivable, but I would like to pack my existing HDDs in a case if possible

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, in my case I host my hard drives on a cheap ARM Synology NAS and an external drive plugged into an M1 Mac Mini running Asahi. Just have an external SSD plugged into the Jellyfin server as a cache/transcodes drive

    • 8tomat8@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is really good, do you know if I can plug my 4tb m2 ssd in there? If yes, I’m moving tomorrow😁

        • 8tomat8@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          It does. What concerns me is the sign “up to 2TB”. And I don’t understand if it is a limitation of preinstalled os or hardware.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t personally opened it up, but it does internally use a replaceable m.2 NVME SSD according to the info that came with it, so you should be able to.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      34·
      1 year ago

      Wow, that’s pretty slick. Thanks, you may have just solved one of my project plans.

      At that price/performance, it would supplant 4 Raspberry Pis I was planning on using for a variety of tasks.

      I’ve been lazily running a gaming desktop as a “server” for far too long. Trying to reduce power consumption now.