Is still the case that full KVM virtual machines were not available on AMD processors with any stock illumos-based distribution? (OS zones for appropriate illumos/solaris apps being supported on both). Or is this just Joyent's SmartOS distributions?
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Philip Robar <philip.ro...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > > > These hardware specs are for a planned home lan zfs NAS > > > > > > CONFIGURATION > > CPU : AMD 64 CPU AM3/AM3+ > > AMD FX-8350 Piledriver (Vishera) 4.0GHz (Eight Core) 32nm, > > AM3+ 8MB Cache > > > > Cooling Fans : AMD 64 CPU Fans > > Coolermaster GeminII S, 5 Copper Heat Pipes, Extra Quiet > > 140MM CPU fan > > > > Motherboard : AMD 64 AM3/ AM3+ Motherboards > > ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 AM3+,AMD 760G, Onboard video,HDMI, > > USB3.0 > > > > NOTE: I'm pretty sure this ram can be ECC. > > Most asus boards accept both. > > > > Memory : DDR3 Dual Channel memory > > 32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Dual Channel (high > > performance memory) > > > > From your description you're building a dedicated home single purpose, i.e. > file, server. Unless you have other plans in the back of your mind the > parts you chosen seem inappropriate or gross overkill from, respectively, > either an energy efficiency or compute power standpoint. I suggest that > instead you consider an Intel socket 1150 CPU and a real server > motherboard. > > Even the lowest end Haswell Celeron has more than enough compute power for > a home file server and all Haswells have much lower TPD than the AMD and > probably also idle at a much lower wattage too. > > Haswell Celeron G1820 - $40 at Microcenter. > Haswell Core i3 4130 - $100. If you need AES-NI support for file system > encryption. > Haswell Xeon E3-1200 V3 - Starting at around $200. If your server is going > to do something like video transcoding. > > A server motherboard will have ECC support, Intel NICs and IPMI for remote > management. Supermicro is most people's server board brand of choice, but > there's also Tyan, ASUS and others to choose from. > > One of the new Intel Atom Avoton (4 or 8 core) server motherboard/CPU > combos from ASrock or Supermicro are even more attractive from an energy > cost standpoint. (This is a serious consideration for a system that runs > 24x7.) (http://www.servethehome.com has reviews of several of these.) > > Since you said this is a home server I assume that that means that there > will be at most a handful of connections at any given time. In that > situation even 16 GB of memory will be more than you need, but in any case > get ECC RAM. It costs so little more that it just doesn't make sense not > to. > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
