I'm starting to assemble the parts for my first FreeNAS. I've decided on ZFS RAID-Z1. I've searched the forums quite a bit, but am unsure what is the optimal motherboard / processor to handle ZFS RAID-Z.
I'll probably start with 3 2TB green drives and have no more than 2 or 3 users. On average, it will probably only see heavy use a few hours per day, so I'd like a system that has minimal power consumption at idle. I'm trying to build this on a budget, so I really don't want to waste money on an unnecessarily overpowered processor, but I also don't want to be processor limited.
So my question is, what is the minimum CPU that will not processor-limit this spec of RAID-Z1 ZFS?
I'll probably start with 3 2TB green drives and have no more than 2 or 3 users. On average, it will probably only see heavy use a few hours per day, so I'd like a system that has minimal power consumption at idle. I'm trying to build this on a budget, so I really don't want to waste money on an unnecessarily overpowered processor, but I also don't want to be processor limited.
So my question is, what is the minimum CPU that will not processor-limit this spec of RAID-Z1 ZFS?