Putting together my first intentionally-built server, and I have a few questions.
I've been running the jankiest setup possible for a couple of years now; a Raspberry Pi 400 running OpenMediaVault attached to a NAS, and separately an old desktop I built for my grandmother six years ago running Ubuntu Server with a Jellyfin server via Docker. I decided to start gathering components to make something a little less ridiculous.
I have...
- [Case] Darkrock Classico Storage Master
- [Motherboard] ASUS PRIME B760M-A AX
- [CPU] Intel Core i5-12600K
- [GPU] Intel Arc A380 Graphics
- [RAM] Crucial Pro DDR5-6400 32GB (16x2)
- [PSU] Corsair CX650M
I want it to run...
- A RAID (or RAID-like) HDD array (One parity drive, etc)
- An FTP server
- A Jellyfin server with GPU transcoding
- A Matrix server or something similar for a fairly small group
- Immich or some other image hosting server
But I don't really know what the overall starting point should be. I don't need detailed instructions, I run Linux full time on all of my devices and have a fairly decent grasp on what I'm doing. I've seen Unraid recommended a lot, but do I really need to get a proprietary OS? Should the OS live on a separate SSD? Where do I go to figure out how to set up a certificate so I can access the servers via HTTPS?