I am looking to self host my own media server (Jellyfin), a personal page and something more in the future and I need to choose my server hardware. I have decided on buying a single board computer to save on energy, space and, perhaps, cost.
Jellyfin docs recommend a computer with a Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S processor. I would also need ethernet, USB for external storage, at least 4GB of RAM and maybe a M.2 slot for the OS and more space.
I know about Armsom and OrangePi, are they any good?
My budget would be up to 150 euros and I live in the Netherlands. Any suggestions?
Buy refurbished / used Mini PC with at least 16GB RAM and 1Gbit network card. Don’t bother with M.2, SSD is enough.
I have right now refurbished hp g4 ryzen 5 mini pc. There is 12 docker containers running there and couple applications in screen, I just add things. Don’t do ARM, as far as I remember running on ARM is compilation hell. Stick with x86. You want it to ease your life and not to make it harder.