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A media server for the whole house

Jellyfin and the tools around it, sized for a real library rather than a demo. This is where drive bays and hardware transcoding stop being details.

what it costs

machine
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus (4 bays, diskless)
the machine
€559
the drives3 × Seagate IronWolf Pro 14 TB
€1,531
to buy
€2,090
to run
€9.63/mo

These figures come from the catalogue as it stands today, not from the day this page was written. They move when prices do.

what you get

  • JellyfinStream your own films and series to every screen in the house. No ads, no catalogue roulette.
  • *arr stackSonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr working together to keep your library organised automatically.
  • JellyseerrLet the household request films and shows without ever touching the server.

This is a starting point, not a verdict. Open it in the builder to add or drop services, change the storage, or pick different drives.

Start from this example

before you start

  1. Setting up a reverse proxy
  2. Backing up your server properly
  3. Updating your containers without breaking anything