[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] HTPC + DUAL PC In one
I haven't tried any encryption, but I do use them heavily with ZFS, mostly 4-disk RAIDZ2. Receive always saturates the gigabit ethernet link and scrubs go at about 250MB/s. All my models are older N36L (1.3GHz) and N40L (1.5GHz), i.e. substantially less CPU than the most recent N54L (2.2GHz). Kuba <kuba.0000@xxxxx> wrote: >That HP's Microserver looks very interesting, seems ideal for a zfs >receive server. Did you happen to benchmark it? I would be very grateful >for any numbers (even very rough), especially related to how does it >handle zfs receive and encryption. > >Kuba > >W dniu 2014-07-16 08:23, Gordan Bobic pisze: >> This is actually a good point. My HTPC is a standalone HP G7 >> Microserver. Â110 new, complete with RAM and a disk. I have a HD6450 in >> mine purely because that adds a better GPU than what is built in, and >> provides HDMI output with audio. But it still means you get a complete >> machine for Â150, that will also double as a pretty decent storage >> server if you fill it up with disks (if you need that sort of thing). >> >> On 07/16/2014 01:35 AM, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote: >>> I've got an FX-8320 in my desktop over-clocked to 4.0 GHz, 8 'cores', 1 >>> thread per-core, 125W TDP, and on every benchmark I have tested it with, >>> it out-preforms a dual processor Xeon E3-1286 v3 (3.7GHz, 4 cores, 2 >>> threads per core, 88W TDP) server I work with at my job, even when I >>> force the AMD processor down to 1.4GHz. The Intel server cost more than >>> 4x as much as the desktop system, takes up more than 3x as much space >>> (based on volume), uses more than 2.5x as much power, and still can't >>> beat the AMD desktop system. >>> >>> Just as an Aside, using virtualization for a HTPC system is probably not >>> the best option. I would personally suggest looking into a board based >>> on the AMD E1-2100 (1.0GHz, 2 cores, integrated Radeon HD 8210 GPU), >>> it's more than sufficient for an HTPC or lightweight (non-gaming) >>> desktop, can be passively cooled, and you can get Mini-ITX boards based >>> on it (including CPU and GPU). >>> On 07/15/2014 05:20 PM, jacek burghardt wrote: > > >_______________________________________________ >Xen-users mailing list >Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://lists.xen.org/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
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