This looks very cool. One of my biggest issues with Jellyfin is its UI. So I just stay with Plex. There are some other features that keep me in Plex but it’s mainly the UI. I’ll be starring this and keeping an eye on it! Well done.

Haha. This is the way. For real though, just go with what you’re comfortable with in both time and headache. You know UNRAID and it worked for you in the past. Keep that as your prod box and then scrap together a lab, which you already have the makings of. Proxmox is excellent but without two hosts and shared storage it’s not really any net gain for you, it seems, vs running something you are comfortable with (UNRAID).

EDIT: INB4 someone gets sassy — HA is only “supported” with a minimum of 3 hosts. But it works just fine with 2 and a third host (raspberry pi or VM running outside the cluster) using qdevice.

My femboy, just switch back to UNRAID. You like it, are familiar with it, and it does run very well. It’s also pretty stable and extremely user friendly. TrueNAS can be installed as a VM and you can play around with it and learn the ins/outs. I wouldn’t concern yourself with Proxmox as the ease of “reduced upheaval” needs shared storage which all your storage is living in the box and therefore not shared. Make your life easier and just go with what you know and like.

Lots of things listed that, while fun, are pretty touristy. As a local I feel like I avoid those areas but here’s some food/drink spots you might check out:

Seaport: Drink

• I haven’t been here since COVID and some staff changes. But used to be a great bar. $$$$

Bar Taco

• these are apparently a chain, but pretty good food $$

Row34

• Great seafood. But expensive $$$$$

Back Bay Area: Faccia A Faccia

• great pasta. Close enough to the airport. Around a bunch of shopping if you want touristy things after $$$
• Bar Paloma in the basement has great drinks and staff. $$$ Hecate
• bar with great drinks. $$$$$

Cambridge (Harvard/MIT area): Take the red line toward Harvard/MIT. Hop off at Central and walk either direction. Pammys - really good food $$$$ Little Donkey - also great food $$$

Brookline: Go check out Coolidge Corner. Bunch of local shops and some food. Take the Green Line (C branch) towards Cleveland Circle and exit at Coolidge Corner

Fenway: I will second that Tasty Burger is amazing. There is also a couple cool museums around there. The MFA and the Isabella Stewart Gardner.