Look Ma...Atoms can do - iXsystems FreeNAS mini

[DataMover]

To me it looks like the guys at iXsystems have now put an Atom board in a prebuilt appliance and testify that an Atom is capable of saturating two Gb-Ports and deliver multiple HD streams.

http://www.ixsystems.com/storage/freenas/

Looks like they have cloned my system :)

 

[enemy85]

well, it's not an old atom...but the new avoton...

http://ark.intel.com/it/products/77987

that's a really nice system

 

[DataMover]

Of course. My system is built on Rangely - but except for Turbo Boost there might be very little difference.

 

[Tomasz Elendt]

Looking at specs (Dual Intel Gigabit LAN Ports, front USB 2.0 ports) I guess they went with ASRock C2750D4I rather than Supermicro A1SAi-2750F.
Does anyone know what chassis they use now?

 

[cyberjock]

Yeah.. the new Atoms are basically a joke on the old ones. The only thing they share is the name. Whole different architecture, whole different TDP, whole different intent with their design, MUCH more expensive, performance is MASSIVELY higher, server-grade RAM, etc.

Aside from the name, they are a totally totally different beast.

Cue up the dozens of threads we'll see of people think that they can use the older cheaper Atoms and wondering why their FreeNAS server sucks....