Yes, the rPis (even the 5s) are a terrible choice for Jellyfin if it needs to do any transcoding but it doesn't. All devices it streams to, support the codecs used by the media so no transcoding is ever needed. And when no transcoding is needed, the rPis are actually a great platform for Jellyfin because of their low power consumption and small footprint.
I've looked at all log files again more closely and it shows no sign of problems up until it crashes. No errors, no warnings. The only thing I see is at the time it crashes, a bunch of zeroes are written to the log files. The next log entries are the normal boot messages.
I've seen that happen on one of my webservers. The server would not log any errors or warnings. It just wrote a few K zeroes to the log files just before it crashed. Turned out it was running out of memory due to some program getting stuck in a recursive loop.
So I'll keep an eye on the rPi's memory to see if it perhaps is running out of memory too. Still not sure why that would cause a packet storm. I'm also unsure if it's the rPi's NIC causing the storm, or the switch or the router.
BTW, I had replaced the switch already, but that did not make a difference.
I've looked at all log files again more closely and it shows no sign of problems up until it crashes. No errors, no warnings. The only thing I see is at the time it crashes, a bunch of zeroes are written to the log files. The next log entries are the normal boot messages.
I've seen that happen on one of my webservers. The server would not log any errors or warnings. It just wrote a few K zeroes to the log files just before it crashed. Turned out it was running out of memory due to some program getting stuck in a recursive loop.
So I'll keep an eye on the rPi's memory to see if it perhaps is running out of memory too. Still not sure why that would cause a packet storm. I'm also unsure if it's the rPi's NIC causing the storm, or the switch or the router.
BTW, I had replaced the switch already, but that did not make a difference.
Statistics: Posted by Zippy1970 — Mon Jun 24, 2024 6:50 am