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SATA storage has limits but non that you can currently reach. The maximum amount you can put is the biggest disk you can find.
Actually, another question if you don't mind. Would a GPU be useful for anything home server related? I mainly plan to use it for hosting media (shows, movies, music, books, etc.) and a bunch of tiny services (microbin, writefreely, etc.) I thought I was getting a sweat deal with the integrated GPU, but I read that you can't transcode with two GPUs at the same time. Plus Intel QuickSync doesn't allow you to use another GPU while it's being utilized. Would it be smarter to buy a newer model with a better CPU and higher specs for the same amount of money?
The usual setup is to install Proxmox on your G4 and then run a jellyfin VM on it. The integrated gpu is passed to that vm which allows it to transcode the mediadata to weak clients like a browser. So the question really is 'what is your TV setup'? If you wanne stream content to the builtin browser of yer TV from the G4, or if you have a mediaplayer connected to it over smb ? I prefer the latter and never use transcoding, though i have a working setup.
I was just gonna try and install the Tizen client for TV but those are interesting options. I barely use my TV and prefer watching on a monitor, so it isn't a huge priority for me. I'm probably in the minority there.