My existing system has been running flawlessly for over half a decade, but is now completely out of space. Have just purchased 6 10TB WD drives for an upgrade. Plan to run them in a single RAID Z2 for 60TB RAW, 40TB actual.
Current system. Intel G620, IBM / LSI controller in IT mode. 16GB Ram, 5 x 2TB HD, Boot drive: USB thumb drive
Planned upgrade: Intel i3-3245, 32GB RAM, IBM/LSI, 6 x 10TB WD WD100EMAZ, Boot drives: 2x Micron 64GB MLC sata SSDs, mirrored
The use will be a video editing repository little else, no jails or VMs. 4K files can be massive, so would like to move to 10gig networking. It will be direct connected to a nearby workstation, so a 10Gig switch is unnecessary.
Looking for a pair of relatively inexpensive 10 gigabit NICs for a short (under 2 meter) point-to-point connection between the Freenas box and a Windows workstation. Used enterprise NICs are fine. Would like relatively low power cards. Have read that many of the older enterprise 10Gig cards use significant power and create a lot of heat.
SMB performance: My understanding is that SMB is single threaded, so rewards higher frequency CPUs. My current system can see latency during scrubs or when accessing multiple files at once.
Would using a faster CPU help in this regard? Have a better CPU of the same socket siting on the shelf. The current CPU is an 2.6GHz Intel G620. It scores a 1325 at CPUbenchmark for a single thread.
The unused CPU is a 3.4GHz i3-3245, also a 2-core model, but has a 1832 single thread rating. Will there be any real world advantage to installing this better CPU?
Thanks
Current system. Intel G620, IBM / LSI controller in IT mode. 16GB Ram, 5 x 2TB HD, Boot drive: USB thumb drive
Planned upgrade: Intel i3-3245, 32GB RAM, IBM/LSI, 6 x 10TB WD WD100EMAZ, Boot drives: 2x Micron 64GB MLC sata SSDs, mirrored
The use will be a video editing repository little else, no jails or VMs. 4K files can be massive, so would like to move to 10gig networking. It will be direct connected to a nearby workstation, so a 10Gig switch is unnecessary.
Looking for a pair of relatively inexpensive 10 gigabit NICs for a short (under 2 meter) point-to-point connection between the Freenas box and a Windows workstation. Used enterprise NICs are fine. Would like relatively low power cards. Have read that many of the older enterprise 10Gig cards use significant power and create a lot of heat.
SMB performance: My understanding is that SMB is single threaded, so rewards higher frequency CPUs. My current system can see latency during scrubs or when accessing multiple files at once.
Would using a faster CPU help in this regard? Have a better CPU of the same socket siting on the shelf. The current CPU is an 2.6GHz Intel G620. It scores a 1325 at CPUbenchmark for a single thread.
The unused CPU is a 3.4GHz i3-3245, also a 2-core model, but has a 1832 single thread rating. Will there be any real world advantage to installing this better CPU?
Thanks
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