Homeserver VS pms-wiki

Most ATX cases support M-ATX mobo's too! So if you don't care about it being a midi tower thats your cheapest option. Just pick one that has enough drive bays, I always go with Fractal Design. If you want to go smaller you'll have to start looking for more niche cases/manufacturers. I suggest planning your other hardware first, then finding a case that fits it. Btw, I'm also interested in low power consumption. If you haven't seen this yet, it's great. It's essentially a TLDR from a german/dutch forum dedicated to low power machines. I'm going with the Fujitsu 3643-B, as that has 6 sata, 2 x16 PCIE 3.0 slots, and supports ECC memory. If you don't care about ECC and only need 4 sata ports, the Fujitsu D3643-H is the way to go. Both these boards can run full systems at 5W idle, which is insane. Good luck!

I have been tinkering in home servers and found this guide to be especially helpful. The guide has everything run on Manjaro through a lengthy docker-compose file.

Hi All! Thanks alot for your valuable inputs. based on your comments, and suggestions - and after some research - i think i have settled on the following "path". First of all - i can see that a SoC system might not be the smartest option - there the size and the fact that they are not very flexible - makes me think that this might not be the smartest way to go. so i found this site: https://github.com/zilexa/Homeserver/blob/master/Recommendations.md And it looks like there has been alot of research that i can reuse. now - in the link - a suggestion is made to buy the asRock desk mini 310, but - when i search - the processors for the LGA115x socket -is not that cheap / available in denmark - so i found this https://www.asrock.com/nettop/Intel/DeskMini%20H470%20Series/index.asp the Desk Mini H470 - sold as a barebone. it doesnt have ECC, but this is not a big concern for me. then i will add some RAM and based on the suggestions - i think 16GB will be the sweetspot have not yet decided what i will choose here. i guess a 1x16 will be smartest - so that i can add another 16 later on. for the OS + and main files ( personal files, as well as my music collection ) i will add the 2TB nvme from Samsung the PM9A1. next - i have decided to "scrap" my 8tb disk - and then go with a 2.5" 4tb - the Samsung Samsung QVO 870. this will host all my movies / tv series etc. no backup is needed here. i did a quick online cart - and theese are the prices - ( in danish ): Barebone Asrock: 1558,- Samsung PM9A1 M.2 2000 GB PCI Express 4.0 TLC NVMe : 1597,- Samsung MZ-77Q4T0BW 870 QVO SSD, 4000 GB, 2.5": 2590 SORAM GSkill D4 2400 8GB C16 Rip (F4-2400C16S-8GRS): 169 all in all :5.929 which is approx: 796,89 Euro. Any thought on this? alternative ways i should look?

Check out https://github.com/zilexa/Homeserver

These scripts are totally inspired from zilexa/Homeserver.

This is the docker-compose.yml

If you want a fully open and free solution, https://perfectmediaserver.com should do the trick.

Alex Kretzschmar from Jupiter Broadcast (Linux Action news, Linux Unplugged, Self Hosted) used to maintain https://perfectmediaserver.com/ as a guide to do this.

I am creating a list of parts for building multi-purpose server that will be running Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 as I am relatively new to Linux and a GUI will ease me into the structure OS as become more familiar with the CLI. Also, I am using perfectmediaserver.com as a general guide. For some context, I also have a gaming PC with some older parts I may donate to the server build. Specifically, I am considering possibly transferring:

Have you looked at the resources here, https://perfectmediaserver.com/

I myself prescribe to the teachings of the IronicBadger(Alex Kretzshmar) from the Self-Hosted podcast and (when I get one setup) intend to follow the guides on his site https://perfectmediaserver.com and use mergerfs to turn a JBOD to a single filesystem and use SnapRAID for redundancy.

I went with this guide https://perfectmediaserver.com/

Trashguides and Perfect Media Server have great setup guides and linuxserver.io has all the docker-compose templates. Good luck!

It's supposed to be a "Perfect Media Server"/NAS/Router/Smart Home Hub/Hypervisor in a Small Form Factor footprint. I want to combine as many appliances as possible into one. Single point of failure is okay, I use the network alone, only I will suffer if any of the services (including Internet) goes down ;). I value less power consumption (0,35€/kWh...) over redundancy currently.

Are there any good tutorials? I’ve read the Perfect Media Server (PMS) series but it’s not that thorough.