Personally, I keep storage and compute separate, makes it easier to maintain IMO. Where I have done it on a single box, ive just gone with a regular old Debian box and dropped in the drives.

I am considering playing with rockstor on a spare beige box I have, but basically the same separation of storage and compute will apply.

Do you think you can’t have an AMD GPU with an Intel board and iGPU?

Because you absolutely can. This is a non-issue.

That doesnt really change what I’m saying here…

I mean, thats what my quadros are. There is an Intel igpu plus the quadro, I find it more efficient because I can dedicate them to tasks more easily.

I agree sr-iov being better adopted would be great, but I also realize I’m not really a candidate either, I find the split approach best for my needs.

Depends on the model.

I can say for jellyfin transcoding, the igpu is plenty. The quadros only get used for transcoding and some misc cad use and other such things.

Given the recommended GPU w/ HDR specs for Sunshine - Intel HD Graphics 730 or higher - thats easily accomplished, even used. I couldn’t say how well it runs though as I don’t use it myself.

I’ve got three with quadros in them.

There are definitely options. No youre not shoving a full size GPU in there, but there are options.

Almost my entire (excessive) setup is a bunch of used, off lease tiny/mini/micros.

Most ive bought for about $100, then tossed some minor upgrades to like an m2 ssd, maxing out ram, etc, so under $200 altogether historically. Clustered with proxmox, so I even have high availability.

Yes, minis are great. Just do storage elsewhere, which can be a NAS or a generic box you load up with drives.

So unfortunate…

That he made it to 83.