Comment on Just a little server
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Almost my entire (excessive) setup is a bunch of used, off lease tiny/mini/micros.
Most ive bought for about $100, then tossed some minor upgrades to like an m2 ssd, maxing out ram, etc, so under $200 altogether historically. Clustered with proxmox, so I even have high availability.
Yes, minis are great. Just do storage elsewhere, which can be a NAS or a generic box you load up with drives.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
But I can’t throw a GPU into a mini for sunshine.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Lots of ppl deploy sunshine on n100 mini PCs with quicksync, you dont really need a gpu that way.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
An N100 is not going to do what I want to punish this thing with. I have an N100 build going now. It’s good but it is what it is and it’s not going to handle steam games.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
If you’re talking about streaming steam games at 4k, then maybe. But at that point build a dedicated machine.
Sunshine works fine with n100 quicksync for 1080p streaming, plus frigate. I’m running both of these on an 11th gen i5 with a coral tpu for frigate.
Not sure what your “punishment” is for hardware, but your current list really isn’t that demanding.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
I’ve got three with quadros in them.
There are definitely options. No youre not shoving a full size GPU in there, but there are options.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I’m looking ant intel and AMD GPUs. What fits in these minis?
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Depends on the model.
I can say for jellyfin transcoding, the igpu is plenty. The quadros only get used for transcoding and some misc cad use and other such things.
Given the recommended GPU w/ HDR specs for Sunshine - Intel HD Graphics 730 or higher - thats easily accomplished, even used. I couldn’t say how well it runs though as I don’t use it myself.