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Looking for a new server (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GerPrimus@feddit.de to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello everyone,

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

Requirements:

Reduce power consumption. It currently runs at around 60 watts at idle, I would like to reduce that.
Enough performance for various docker containers
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
At least 4 SATA ports and space for 2 m.2 SSDs
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€

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[–] GerPrimus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks for pointing out the ports, I'll see which ones can be deactivated. I've been reading up on c states lately.I just suspect that my configuration leaves little room for maneuver.The microserver is currently running proxmox with openmediavault and a ~~vial~~ pihole on lxc. I would swap the ~~vial~~ pihole for a raspberry and only use OMV.

[–] filister@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that RPI is good for containers, but not for virtualisation, so if you want to run some VMs or have proper expandability I would advise you against RPI.

Plus disabling the ports won't make a big difference I presume, a couple of Watts at best.

I recently bought an N100 powered firewall appliance and the idle consumption is around 13 Watts, with two SSDs and 32Gb of RAM, a bunch of USB and video ports and 4x2.5Gbps ports all switched on. People are even reporting that this can be pushed down to 7-8W, comparable to what you would get with RPI.

The i3-N305 has 8 physical cores and TDP of 15Watts, which can easily be reduced to around 9-10.

[–] GerPrimus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry, there was a typo. OMV I would also run the new server and pihole on a raspberry. OMV without the detour via proxmox