Building home server DELL R620

[revan03]

Hello,

I would like to ask you for advice. I bought older DELL server R620, mainly to learn more about virtualization and linux. Server is now fully updated, proxmox installed.

My situation:
I created before proxmox install by DELL utility two vitual discs (Raid 1 two 1TB SSD, Raid 5 eight SAS 1,8 TB discs)




What I would like to accomplish:

1.) Have one Jellyfin server, installed on SSD discs to run faster
2.) Have separate storage place on SAS discs for movies, photos, music, personal documents
- Jellyfin server will get movies, photos, music from this storage
- Want to have possibility to upload to this storage movies, pictures from another Windows PCs.
- Watching / listening music expecting via Jellyfin player installed in W10 / TV / mobile phone
3.) Run PI hole for adds blocking
4.) Maybe use some system to also share this folders in SAS discs (expecting truenas)
5.) In future, maybe learn and host simple webpage
6.) Have separate linux OS for learning
7.) I already have one separate server running W10, I would like to back-up photos / personal files from this dell server one per week to this W10 server for case of disk failure.


Until now, my thinking is:

1.) Install ubuntu server to sda, install Jellyfin in Ubuntu
- Do not know, why in many forums, recommendation is to run this Jellyfin server in docker under ubuntu and not directly.

2.) Here, I am lost. I see virtual disk (sdb) in proxmox and do not know, how to make it accesible for this ubuntu server and Jellyfin server, I do not want to install any system on this SAS discs (sdb), for that I have SSD discs (sda). This is connected also with point 4.


3.) Expecting instalation VM with red hat and after that PI hole, not sure if make sense.

5.) Too far away, no priority now


6.) Expecting ubuntu, I am able to install

7.) Not sure, if possible to backup to windows.





In general, not serching for detailed instructions but basic opinion and advice, which way to go.


Thx,
R.

 

[Dunuin]

2.) Here, I am lost. I see virtual disk (sdb) in proxmox and do not know, how to make it accesible for this ubuntu server and Jellyfin server, I do not want to install any system on this SAS discs (sdb), for that I have SSD discs (sda). This is connected also with point 4.

PVE is no NAS. It can't share any files/folders/disks between VMs unless you set some kind of NAS up yourself (either in VM/LXC or via CLI directly on the host). So the easiest way would be to create something like a OpenMediaVault VM with 2 virtual Disks. One for the OS on the SSD array and one for your data you want to share on the HDD array. Then share that files/folders via SMB/NFS over the network. You could then mount those SMB/NFS shares inside the Jellyfin VM.

4.) Maybe use some system to also share this folders in SAS discs (expecting truenas)

Keep in mind that TrueNAS is using ZFS and it's not recommended to run ZFS on top of HW raid: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-d...uning/Hardware.html#hardware-raid-controllers

3.) Expecting instalation VM with red hat and after that PI hole, not sure if make sense.

Check first if Red Hat is a supported Linux distribution. Otherwise it's a bit annoying to update pihole as it will complain.

7.) Not sure, if possible to backup to windows.

You could do VZDump backups to a SMB share provided by your Win server.

 

[revan03]

Hello,

thank you for advices. I have additional question about that OpenMediaValut. Does it make sense to use exfat4 file system in this shared discs? Will be reading of files then faster, comparing to NFS?

For movies, I will be able to play trough Jellyfin, for basic files like documents, pictures, can be this exfat4 accessed?

 

[Dunuin]

exfat4

Do you mean "ext4" or "exfat"? Those are different filesystems.

Will be reading of files then faster, comparing to NFS?

Ext4 and exfat are local filesystems while NFS is for sharing files/folders over the network. You will still need NFS or SMB in addition to a local filesystem.

 

[revan03]

Hello, thank you for your advices. I You are right, it is ext4.

I tried to summarize my questions to picture below. Not able to decide, if format SAS discs in raid 5 to NFS or ext4.

Is there any benefit like speed in case of watching movie from W11 PC (W11 - Jellifin server - OMV storage with movie)





Thx,

R.