Comment on First server: Buying hardware in a developing country
oopsallnaps@piefed.ca 2 weeks agoWestern Digital Reds or Seagate Ironwolf iirc. Yeah they're expensive because they're rated for a different use case than traditional drives. I'm no expert though! I believe I've got a WD Red.
I believe thats what I do though, I have a ssd in there as well for the base os. And I just have the nas drive mounted. Jellyfin docker container setup to point to the nas drive as the media storage folder, as well as a samba share setup so I can throw stuff like bandcamp purchases easily.
Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Man, 7200 version of those drives are all over 400 USD here, my poor bank account
oopsallnaps@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
oof. Yeah I think I have the 5400 rpm one. Maybe start with the regular hdd in raid and see how that fairs long term. Just make sure to backup your media in more than one place!
Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks for being the only one here that is actually commenting on hardware choices, everyone else is trying to convince me to try stuff I already tried haha
I might just splurge and get one of those drives afterall, hopefully they go on sale at some point
oopsallnaps@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
lol! Well its always a good idea to see if what you currently have works well enough. Then splurge on the fun..i mean expensive things. But that doesn't always work, so I hope the new parts serve you well!
One last thing to note, Jellyfin doesn't have the best authentication coverage. iirc its possible to leak some metadata about videos, music, etc... I'd recommend either not keeping the server public facing (i.e. use a vpn to connect to it remotely) or don't store anything personally identifying on it.
I just tunnel my traffic through tailscale, while annoying at times has been reliable. But I'm not sure thats available in Brazil.