Xeon E3 Capability

[ere109]

I've got a friend nearly talked into building a FN machine. He's budget conscious, and I see that he could get an X11 motherboard, E3-1220, and 16gb ram for about $500. The Xeon will be server quality, but will it perform likean i3?
My friend wants to install a surveillance system at his house, and the cameras recommend an i7 or better for video compression.
Thoughts? Would the E3 be a good choice, or is there a better budget option to consider?

Thanks

 

[dvand]

What video management software is your friend planning to run? The i7 advice only makes sense to me if the software is hosted on the FN box...?

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[ere109]

He's just getting into the game. I've been selling him on the benefits of FreeNAS, told him he could do a VM to host his video security. I had suggested he look into Blue Iris or Xeoma.
To my understanding, his basic needs are: personal file storage, Plex media server, run about 6 security cameras. The two options I see are to buy new hardware with the Xeon E3, or find older hardware - X9 or X10 motherboard with a "beefier" old Xeon. He was really worried about performance.

 

[dvand]

I'm sure people run blue iris in vms but I've not tried it myself.

6 cameras probably wouldn't stress out the cpu but I suspect the vm would need at least 8 gigs of ram so I'd make sure the host had more than 16.

My route was to buy a refurbished i7 to run blue iris separate from my freenas box.


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