Bastian Büttner
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I'm searching around for my next FreeNAS build since my actual one violates many recommendations given in this board (no server components, no ECC, etc.).
So I stumbled on the news that Intel announced the Avoton successor Xeon-D based on the Broadwell architecture. It's said it is something in between the Xeon E3 and the Atom SoCs and aims for low-end server boasting the new 14 nm process.
See the anandtech news here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9070/intel-xeon-d-launched-14nm-broadwell-soc-for-enterprise
I'm not an Intel fanboy, my current server is based on an older AMD BE-2300 with 8GB DDR2-RAM, but this seems to be a good upcoming base for FreeNAS builts (ok - depending on the price tag).
Some nice specs of the SoC:
CPUs: 8-core D-1540 @ 2.0GHz; 4-core D-1520 @ 2.2 GHz
Turbo: up to 2.5 GHz
RAM: DDR4 or DDR3-L ECC and non-ECC
RAM capacity:
max 4 DIMMs per CPU
UDIMM/SODIMM: 64 GB (16 GB/DIMM) - maybe only DDR4?
RDIMM: 128 GB (32GB/DIMM)
PCIe: 24 lanes per SoC and 8 lanes per IO hub
Network: 2x 10GbE
USB: each 4x USB3.0 and 2.0
SATA: 6x SATA 3
TDP: 45 W
There are also two Motherboards shown - one from Asrock and one from SuperMicro - the latter having a supposed price of around $800-1000.
Let's see whether this system makes it's way down to homeserver prices as the Avoton did...
So I stumbled on the news that Intel announced the Avoton successor Xeon-D based on the Broadwell architecture. It's said it is something in between the Xeon E3 and the Atom SoCs and aims for low-end server boasting the new 14 nm process.
See the anandtech news here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9070/intel-xeon-d-launched-14nm-broadwell-soc-for-enterprise
I'm not an Intel fanboy, my current server is based on an older AMD BE-2300 with 8GB DDR2-RAM, but this seems to be a good upcoming base for FreeNAS builts (ok - depending on the price tag).
Some nice specs of the SoC:
CPUs: 8-core D-1540 @ 2.0GHz; 4-core D-1520 @ 2.2 GHz
Turbo: up to 2.5 GHz
RAM: DDR4 or DDR3-L ECC and non-ECC
RAM capacity:
max 4 DIMMs per CPU
UDIMM/SODIMM: 64 GB (16 GB/DIMM) - maybe only DDR4?
RDIMM: 128 GB (32GB/DIMM)
PCIe: 24 lanes per SoC and 8 lanes per IO hub
Network: 2x 10GbE
USB: each 4x USB3.0 and 2.0
SATA: 6x SATA 3
TDP: 45 W
There are also two Motherboards shown - one from Asrock and one from SuperMicro - the latter having a supposed price of around $800-1000.
Let's see whether this system makes it's way down to homeserver prices as the Avoton did...