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M5 Pro in a Mac Mini with 64GB RAM and 10Gbit Ethernet seems like the perfect Jellyfin server and Ollama test server. All for just over $3K (I specced with only

M5 Pro in a Mac Mini with 64GB RAM and 10Gbit Ethernet seems like the perfect Jellyfin server and Ollama test server. All for just over $3K (I specced with only 1TB local nvme).

paxys 22d ago
Probably worth it for Ollama but you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi.
- stuff4ben 22d ago
  True re: the Raspberry Pi, but I was thinking the 10Gbit Ethernet would allow more concurrent streaming in my household. But it's probably overkill.
  - AndroTux 22d ago
    If your household consists of more than 15 people consuming 4K content at the same time, the 10G upgrade may be worth considering. Edit: never mind, 2.5G is now the default, so you'll probably need more than 40 people to saturate that with streaming video.
- al_borland 22d ago
  > you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi. This may depend on the size of your library. I tried installing Jellyfin on a Synology NAS, which runs Plex just fine, and it ran so poorly it was basically unusable. It “worked”, but it was painful.
  - Keyframe 22d ago
    not sure which cpu that Synology has, but I run jellyfin on ugreen nasync dxp8800 plus which has intel with QSV and it breaks no sweat in both transcoding (if needed) and serving over 10GBE.
    - al_borland 22d ago
      It's a Synology DS720+ with a Celeron J4125, 2GHz, 4 cores, 2GB of RAM. I thought it would be fine, because Plex has no issues, but it was painful. Every client I tried on the AppleTV was equally painful, and I didn't even try using a client until making sure all the metadata was downloaded and setup via the web UI. I was very deliberate and did one thing at a time, spending a whole day on it (mostly waiting and browsing to different screens to force metadata to get downloaded and cached).
      - AbsurdCensor 22d ago
        You don't have enough RAM. Not sure why you wouldn't use a cheap PC to run jellyfin on and then just use your NAS as the media pool.
        al_borland 22d ago
        Why would I buy and manage a whole PC for Jellyfin when Plex runs off the NAS without issue? With everyone saying Jellyfin can run on a Pi, I would think it would be better optimized for low-end hardware.
        AbsurdCensor 22d ago
        A Pi isn't a NAS with an old CPU and minimal RAM which is running a bunch of other things as well. I have run Plex on my Synology, and it's fine, but I also have 8gb ram and honestly always have a better experience running Jellyfin on a small PC. Easier that way, and you can run other services. Before the rampocalypse you could find mini-PCs with 32gb ram and 1tb SSD for like $350, and have great transcoding ability when you are on the go or have multiple streams going.
      - shaunkoh 22d ago
        My plex runs just fine on a 920+ with the same CPU + additional 8GB ram stick. Worth checking out.
- doublepg23 22d ago
  Yeah, if you're transcoding for clients a lot I'd just spend the cash on upgrading the clients to support HEVC at minimum.
stasomatic 22d ago
Can't say about Ollama but my 2017 Intel NUC 32 GB runs all of the arr and fin stack while it's idling, swimmingly.

M5 Pro in a Mac Mini with 64GB RAM and 10Gbit Ethernet seems like the perfect Jellyfin server and Ollama test server. All for just over $3K (I specced with only 1TB local nvme).

paxys 22d ago

Probably worth it for Ollama but you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi.

stuff4ben 22d ago
True re: the Raspberry Pi, but I was thinking the 10Gbit Ethernet would allow more concurrent streaming in my household. But it's probably overkill.
- AndroTux 22d ago
  If your household consists of more than 15 people consuming 4K content at the same time, the 10G upgrade may be worth considering. Edit: never mind, 2.5G is now the default, so you'll probably need more than 40 people to saturate that with streaming video.
al_borland 22d ago
> you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi. This may depend on the size of your library. I tried installing Jellyfin on a Synology NAS, which runs Plex just fine, and it ran so poorly it was basically unusable. It “worked”, but it was painful.
- Keyframe 22d ago
  not sure which cpu that Synology has, but I run jellyfin on ugreen nasync dxp8800 plus which has intel with QSV and it breaks no sweat in both transcoding (if needed) and serving over 10GBE.
  - al_borland 22d ago
    It's a Synology DS720+ with a Celeron J4125, 2GHz, 4 cores, 2GB of RAM. I thought it would be fine, because Plex has no issues, but it was painful. Every client I tried on the AppleTV was equally painful, and I didn't even try using a client until making sure all the metadata was downloaded and setup via the web UI. I was very deliberate and did one thing at a time, spending a whole day on it (mostly waiting and browsing to different screens to force metadata to get downloaded and cached).
    - AbsurdCensor 22d ago
      You don't have enough RAM. Not sure why you wouldn't use a cheap PC to run jellyfin on and then just use your NAS as the media pool.
      - al_borland 22d ago
        Why would I buy and manage a whole PC for Jellyfin when Plex runs off the NAS without issue? With everyone saying Jellyfin can run on a Pi, I would think it would be better optimized for low-end hardware.
        AbsurdCensor 22d ago
        A Pi isn't a NAS with an old CPU and minimal RAM which is running a bunch of other things as well. I have run Plex on my Synology, and it's fine, but I also have 8gb ram and honestly always have a better experience running Jellyfin on a small PC. Easier that way, and you can run other services. Before the rampocalypse you could find mini-PCs with 32gb ram and 1tb SSD for like $350, and have great transcoding ability when you are on the go or have multiple streams going.
    - shaunkoh 22d ago
      My plex runs just fine on a 920+ with the same CPU + additional 8GB ram stick. Worth checking out.
doublepg23 22d ago
Yeah, if you're transcoding for clients a lot I'd just spend the cash on upgrading the clients to support HEVC at minimum.

stasomatic 22d ago

Can't say about Ollama but my 2017 Intel NUC 32 GB runs all of the arr and fin stack while it's idling, swimmingly.