I have a jellyfin instance running with radarr/sonarr/… for my media needs on my vps.

Problem is that I don’t have huge amount of storages and I would like to expand the storage until I’m able to make a personal server ( I don’t have space where I live for even a mini pc rn ).

From the options that I have been considering the contabo ( my vps provider ) storage expansion are quite costly so I have been thinking about hetzner storage boxes or a backblaze b2 bucket mounted with rclone/s3fs.

The problem with backblaze is that I use hardlinks with my *arr suite so to save up on space so I’m not sure if I can mount them preserving the hard links.

What would be your thought or reccomendation? Should I get a hetzner storage box and just mount it or is there anything else I could do until I manage to make my own personal server?

  • hottariEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    HEVC releases. You can also setup Jellyfin to selectively prune media you’ve already watched.

    • CronyAkatsuki@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyzOPEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’m already going with them, guess I will either buy more storage or limit what I have on it.

      (I can’t have jellyfin prune media I have watched cause seeding )

      • hottariEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        (I can’t have jellyfin prune media I have watched cause seeding )

        You actually can. Thanks to this TRaSH guide.

        • CronyAkatsuki@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyzOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Still ocupies the same amount of space, a hardlink just makes it so that if you remove the origin file the link is removed at the same time, bht you can emove it in jellyfin but it will take the same amoun of space.

          Edit: either way can’t have jellyfin delete media because I don’t want it to accidentlally remove stuff from ptt’s

          • netburnr@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            You could stop using torrents. Usenet doesn’t require you to see, so you just download what you want, watch, and delete.

              • netburnr@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Get a usenet provider. There are many to choose from and there are comparison sites out there. I use cheapness because it gives me a second limited connection to another provider, this helps to make sure everything I want is available by using two possible sources.

                Get a nzb indexer, there are some that are preset in rather sonarr and radar screens. Some of them have paid plans that let you do more searches per day.

                Configure your arr programs just like you did with torrents.

          • hottariEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            You asked for a solution for removing unneeded media files while keeping the linked torrents. I gave you one.