BUILD Some CPU questions

[Ahnzh]

Hey guys, first off, big thanks to Cyberjock and all providing so much information, I kept reading and reading for like 3 days straight now. Now let's get to my problem, but let me explain first what I am building:

12 HDDs with 4 TB each, loading the machine with 64 GB ECC RAM, LSI 16x6 gbit SAS/SATA HBA Some 13+ port HBA

Since 10Gbase-T is slowly becoming affordable (1200 for the switch, 330 for a x540-t1 intel card) I really want to test it.

Which CPU does the job. My problem is, that i do not want to 'waste' money on hardware and the single threaded Samba is the bottleneck. I do not want a cpu that's too power consumptive as well. How much CPU power does ZFS need. i know i will have to take a Xeon E5 since everything else would run into problems with 64 GB. Of course just tell me if something doesn't do well in my build, i pretty much just planned it with all the information i got from the wiki/Forums

It took me at least a day to find freeBSD certified hardware in everything i need so plz, get me out of this mess .. :(


Ahnzh

 

[Ahnzh]

oh i forgot to add, i want to add some sort of iSCSI, i got a Mac Pro with the basic 250 GB SSD, since i read somewhere that ZFS isn't suited that well to run iSCSI, is there an alternative other to UFS or a specific guide on what i have to pay attention to?

And i read that LSI HBAs aren't working that well. I don't want to have 2 20 watt HBAs, i prefer spending like 150 euro more than buying one since in 2 years i'm off cheaper than getting 2 of them in. Any idea on a 12+ port HBA?

thanks in advance for answers


Ahnzh

 

[Ahnzh]

i found an ATTOtech 16 port controller: this one
then i found an adaptec: that 71605H

even the intel ones are made by LSI nowadays...