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RamaladFranklin · May 28, 2016

I am in the works of building a home server used only for a print server and media (pictures/movies). Is this a good build? I will be running Ubuntu Server and sharing with roughly 10 computers.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/w3wXmG

kanewolf · May 28, 2016

It is OK. For the limited functionallity you want, you can probably get a lower power usage by using one of the Celeron embedded motherboards -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007623%20600035108 That is similar to what commercial NAS providers use.

RamaladFranklin · May 28, 2016

kanewolf :

I am more concerned about the speed, and the ability to quickly render the media and images to display for whomever is looking. Is "OK" meaning it will work, but barely, or will it be a workhorse of a system?

kanewolf · May 28, 2016

A media server does not usually render anything. It is usually just a gateway to storage. It could do transcoding. But the Celeron has two more cores than the AMD you chose and has Intel QuickSync support which should allow it to do transcoding.

By "OK" I meant it would function, but isn't optimum IMO. Your stated requirements to me don't require a "workhorse".

das_stig · May 28, 2016

Depends on the media server software, for example, Plex does not use any GPU excelerated rendering and require pure CPU horse power.

My Plex server is a Phenom II X4 840 and is happy to transcode 6 HD1080 streams, if direct streaming not an option.

If you something like Kodi and use the server as a NAS, then the host will do any rendering and server just needs to handle the file thoughput, a dual core will do that.

One note, 16GB way overkill, my server runs with 8GB, just becasue I had it lying around !

If anybody is interested ..

Server 2012 R2 x64
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 R3
AMD Phenom II X4 X840
4x2GB DDR3-13333
AMD HD5700
64GB OCZ O/S
6 x 4TB WD Purple Raid-5 Storage
2 x 1TB Samsung 1TB Raid-0 Downloads, Temp, Swapfile etc etc
2 x Intel Pro 1Gbps NICS balanced to AC router (soon to be replaced by proxy server and switch)
25/250Mbps cable broadband

RamaladFranklin · May 28, 2016

kanewolf :

I would be using Serviio as my DLNA server. I mainly chose the Xenon as it has the 4.2 GHZ Dual speed. I did not see any of the Celerons that you liked to that reached that speed. (Please forgive my ignorance) but would my build with 16GB of RAM and a 4.2 GHZ Dual Speed processor outperform the celerons you linked to?

kanewolf · May 28, 2016

I have no way to know. But a DLNA server doesn't require much for resources. You can do it with a Raspberry PI. It really depends on transcoding. If you don't expect to do transcoding (rescaling of video in realtime) then you don't need a power hungry CPU. 16GB RAM is a waste also. You will not use it for the activities you list.

What devices will this be serving data to?

RamaladFranklin · May 28, 2016

kanewolf :

I do have on-the-fly encoding/transcoding enabled in serviio.

I will be serving it up to (rarely at the same time) 2 Smart TV's, 2 Tablets, 2 Computers, and the occasional smartphone.

I thought the 16GB of RAM would help with any compression and/or spooling issues that would need to take place in order to render the video on the requesting device.

kanewolf · May 28, 2016

TVs won't require transcoding. Tablets, will depend on the resolution of the device. Computers shouldn't require transcoding.

But, it is your electric and cooling bill. I have made my case, so I will shut up.

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