ADVICE: Running out of storage
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Switch to Stremio (with Torrentio) and never worry about running out of storage space again. Everything is streamed directly to your TV, no downloading necessary. Browse like it's Netflix and just pick something then watch it. Plus there's support for home theater enthusiasts with features like HDR, Dolby Atmos, 4K, etc.
But streaming is downloading. Sure, it's not saved to the disk, but...
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Please note the HDD technology. Please only use CMR HDDs in servers.
HDD* (hard disk drive)
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Hi, I'm self hosting a jellyfin server and I wondering if anyone could give advice abt my setup. I have an internal 2tb ssd and I'm using a external 2tb ssd. I'm looking to make my setup more cohesive and less of a headache. I want more storage for media but I don't know where to start. I looked online to price compare drives and I saw a 14tb hhd for $160, is this a good price for a hard drive? I also haven't been able to make tdarr work with my gpu so most of my media is probably taking more space than it needs. Any advice would be appreciated!
Tip, look at second hand sites/fb marketplace (i know
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HDD* (hard disk drive)
Oh, sorry.
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Tip, look at second hand sites/fb marketplace (i know
) you can find great deals.Check drive age/hours though, I forgot to and bought a 60K hour drive that failed almost immediately.
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Separating your services from your storage makes things a lot easier in my opinion.
Setup one machine as a NAS and have that manage your (preferably redundant and backuped if storing personal photos or other unique data) storage, then share it to the rest of your selfhosting over nfs and smb.
You could either go for a prebuilt NAS like Ugreen NASync DXP2800 or build your own m-itx with a Jonsbo N2 case and an N100 motherboard or whatever you're comfortable with.Your jellyfin server then accesses the media libraries with a simple mount (/mnt/media). Same with your tdarr server and tdarr nodes.
It's much easier to experiment and reinstall services when you have your storage separated from them.I can't buy a 14tb hdd for that price here in Sweden, but I have no idea about your local prices. Is it new or refurb?
Out of curiosity, do yoy know how Jellyfin handles network failures with mounted network drives?
I had a navidrome server where once my network machine failed to start properly, the entire database was deleted because it looked to the server like I deleted all of my files. I luckily had my favorites cached on my phone client and was able to restore most of my playlists from there but it was still an incredibly annoying thing to go through. I have since turned off automatic scanning of files for that service since that seemed like the only way to prevent this happening again
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Hi, I'm self hosting a jellyfin server and I wondering if anyone could give advice abt my setup. I have an internal 2tb ssd and I'm using a external 2tb ssd. I'm looking to make my setup more cohesive and less of a headache. I want more storage for media but I don't know where to start. I looked online to price compare drives and I saw a 14tb hhd for $160, is this a good price for a hard drive? I also haven't been able to make tdarr work with my gpu so most of my media is probably taking more space than it needs. Any advice would be appreciated!
I think its ok to buy cheap memory but check it with f3 first.
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Doesn’t this encourage consuming without seeding?
You at least seed while watching the movie.
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Please note the HDD technology. Please only use CMR HDDs in servers.
Isnt that only really necessary if using RAID?
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Isnt that only really necessary if using RAID?
wrote last edited by [email protected]No, SMR HDDs are not made for continuous operation.
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I think its ok to buy cheap memory but check it with f3 first.
Hmm, didn't know about this... I was just using
ddto see if the size was about right.Thanks
