Gen9's take v3 and v4 processors, a gen8 will take v2's.
LeftBoobFreckle
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That will do fine if you do not need hardware transcoding and all your clients can direct play your files. If you do need transcoding I would suggest something with an Intel 7th Gen or higher with embedded graphics so you can utilize quicksync.
What do you run in Ubuntu for your content display? I currently run Rokus to access my Jellyfin server but have plenty of unused PC hardware which could replace the Roku.
I haven't found any family friendly (read: idiot proof) way to make the PC as easy to use as the Roku.
Nathan Lowell's The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series is great, it's a space opera following normal people trying to make a living in space. It's a nice break from the hard scifi where everything goes wrong and the hero fixes everything, it's just a nice entertaining stress free read.
We should ask the scientific community about this but only believe the 1% who dissent from reason...
Reading your post I was initially going to suggest Brocade from eBay until I got to the end. I'm not familiar with the YouTube video you referenced but I have been very happy with my ICX6610's however I will note they are fairly loud.
Licensing is also not a problem, https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/brocade-icx-series-cheap-powerful-10gbe-40gbe-switching.21107/
https://fohdeesha.com/docs/6610.html