tmacka88
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking at upgrading my FreeNAS and want to see what everyone thinks about the best course of action for the CPU. I suppose everyone faces this problem when deciding what to build.
Basically, I want to re-build my FreeNAS so I can support a IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS controller. I will have approx 6-10 drives (start with 6 expanding to 10 over time).
I want a CPU that will be able to support this system (doesn't have to be extremely fast, but enough to support LACP down the track). Usually my system will only be using 3 drives (RAIDz) at any one time. Also, because my system is going to be quite large (lots of HDDs etc) it will be quite expensive on power, so I want a CPU that won't use too much Power as the rest of the system will.
Should I go AMD or Intel and what are your suggestions.
Also any other hardware power saving suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I'm looking at upgrading my FreeNAS and want to see what everyone thinks about the best course of action for the CPU. I suppose everyone faces this problem when deciding what to build.
Basically, I want to re-build my FreeNAS so I can support a IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS controller. I will have approx 6-10 drives (start with 6 expanding to 10 over time).
I want a CPU that will be able to support this system (doesn't have to be extremely fast, but enough to support LACP down the track). Usually my system will only be using 3 drives (RAIDz) at any one time. Also, because my system is going to be quite large (lots of HDDs etc) it will be quite expensive on power, so I want a CPU that won't use too much Power as the rest of the system will.
Should I go AMD or Intel and what are your suggestions.
Also any other hardware power saving suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks