Jellyfin is very light when not transcoding serverside, you basically only need a decent Hard Drive and internet connection
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.
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