That could be my next NAS...I see a 2-core and 10g copper mini-itx board just appeared on the SM site.
It's still probably $350 a board but that's not too bad, big advantage if you don't need SFP+ of the flex-atx boards is that you get 6 sata ports. For a lot of people boot off the m.2 and 6 sata is enough for a nas, especially with 6 and 8 tb disks plentiful.That could be my next NAS...
Intel® Pentium® Processor D1508 (3M Cache, 2.20 GHz) SpecificationsI see a 2-core and 10g copper mini-itx board just appeared on the SM site.
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Single core performance may not be as good as 1540/1541. I have C2758 running FreeNAS without issues however I recently started using Emby. The server doesn't do well when I turn subtitles on. I'm looking into upgrading mine to Xeon D 1521 but I'm not sure if that will make a difference. Certain benchmarks show not much difference between C2758 and Xeon D 1520. It'd be nice to know if Xeon D will do or we'd have to look at E3 Xeon.Interesting question! I also like to know if the Xeon D is a good platform for using Plex. I'm considering this board:
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Edit: The Xeon D 1540 has Average CPU Mark of 10883. What does the Xeon D 1537?
Interesting question! I also like to know if the Xeon D is a good platform for using Plex. I'm considering this board:
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Edit: The Xeon D 1540 has Average CPU Mark of 10883. What does the Xeon D 1537?
I have just recently replaced my 1540 with the 1537 and there is not a significant drop off from what I can tell. I also do a good job of optimizing a lot of my most played videos for direct play compatibility so that helps too.Single core performance may not be as good as 1540/1541. I have C2758 running FreeNAS without issues however I recently started using Emby. The server doesn't do well when I turn subtitles on. I'm looking into upgrading mine to Xeon D 1521 but I'm not sure if that will make a difference. Certain benchmarks show not much difference between C2758 and Xeon D 1520. It'd be nice to know if Xeon D will do or we'd have to look at E3 Xeon.
Not sure if you are using Plex or Emby - do you have issue with single stream (transcoded) with subtitles turned on? On my C2758 the video will stutter as soon as I turn the subtitles on (embedded in mkv).I have just recently replaced my 1540 with the 1537 and there is not a significant drop off from what I can tell. I also do a good job of optimizing a lot of my most played videos for direct play compatibility so that helps too.
Yep, and I would have loved to see the review of one including power consumption as I would have liked choice other than SM. Then again SM have the best range of features and cpu choice.Gigabyte boards are still MIA :/
Unfortunately the GB boards are the only mitx w/ SFP. Otherwise I would have bought a SM board by now.Yep, and I would have loved to see the review of one including power consumption as I would have liked choice other than SM. Then again SM have the best range of features and cpu choice.
ShopBLT was nice enough to ping Gigabyte for me and stated that the ETA was the week of June 6Gigabyte boards are still MIA :/
Thanks Spuf. Makes my waiting more bearable. lol.ShopBLT was nice enough to ping Gigabyte for me and stated that the ETA was the week of June 6