nojohnny101
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hypothetical here, just wanted you guys' thoughts.
I have recently built a backup freenas box and while I have been replicating the 3TBs or so of data, I have seen the CPU on the Haswell maintain a lower % utilization vs the avoton. Did some further testing with moving data between the two and it seems maybe because of this is because of the higher clock speed? I had planned to have the Haswell as my backup machine but now I am considering using it as my primary.
Here is what the primary box is used for and plans to be used for:
- no more than 2-3 jails, currently have plex running but plan on adding sickbeard later and maybe owncloud
- there are no more than 5 active users besides myself and all of them only access the box through plex. They are all remote except me, and I would say they only access infrequently, maybe 1-2 times per week to watch a movie or something
- i keep my personal files on there but don't access them frequently. mostly used to keep large files that i want to keep off my personal computer.
- use primarily CIFS shares for primary access and AFP for nightly backups.
all the other relevant hardware is no different between the two. the haswell is paired with a 80Plus GOLD PSU while the Avoton has an 80PLUS Bronze. both have plentiful sata ports. all else is equal.
thoughts? would the Haswell give slightly better performance for what i use it for? would i suffer because of losing 2 cores on the primary box?
Thanks guys/gals! i value your opinions!
I have recently built a backup freenas box and while I have been replicating the 3TBs or so of data, I have seen the CPU on the Haswell maintain a lower % utilization vs the avoton. Did some further testing with moving data between the two and it seems maybe because of this is because of the higher clock speed? I had planned to have the Haswell as my backup machine but now I am considering using it as my primary.
Here is what the primary box is used for and plans to be used for:
- no more than 2-3 jails, currently have plex running but plan on adding sickbeard later and maybe owncloud
- there are no more than 5 active users besides myself and all of them only access the box through plex. They are all remote except me, and I would say they only access infrequently, maybe 1-2 times per week to watch a movie or something
- i keep my personal files on there but don't access them frequently. mostly used to keep large files that i want to keep off my personal computer.
- use primarily CIFS shares for primary access and AFP for nightly backups.
all the other relevant hardware is no different between the two. the haswell is paired with a 80Plus GOLD PSU while the Avoton has an 80PLUS Bronze. both have plentiful sata ports. all else is equal.
thoughts? would the Haswell give slightly better performance for what i use it for? would i suffer because of losing 2 cores on the primary box?
Thanks guys/gals! i value your opinions!