@Patrick: I will! Never thought of posting it there. I wanted to fine-tune the topic, so no need to bring back the old post. Thanks anyway!I still think that other thread you posted was really interesting! You should re-post it: DIY Server and Workstation Builds
I have been working on something similar so happy to contribute thoughts. I can get the old post back if you need.
It will boot and function perfectly. Performance will be poor for any memory intensive task.Currently booting just fine with 96GB but not sure if it was a bad idea or not and now much it affects performance.
Can a single core handle 1 stream? Also, why transcode and not directstream?I'd really love to see some CPU Passmark numbers on these new 12 and 16 core chips so I can compare their potential transcoding power so I know which will be the best value for me to replace my 1540 with.
I'm not sure what you're asking exactly. With Plex, transcoding is a necessity if you are supporting a lot of different streaming clients as they don't all support the same file formats. I have Roku's, Chromecasts, Androids, iOS devices, Smart TVs, Tivos, etc. all connecting to my Plex server and thus my CPU gets a lot of workload. In addition to the live transcoding, I also have a good amount of background transcoding happening whenever a Sync is kicked off for offline availability. The faster I can get those transcodes done the better.Can a single core handle 1 stream? Also, why transcode and not directstream?
I have Roku, iOS and Android devices and they all seem that they can directstream which means very little CPU used. Although the Roku has a bug which causes it to hang sometimes if I enable this. So I almost always transcode audio for it.I'm not sure what you're asking exactly. With Plex, transcoding is a necessity if you are supporting a lot of different streaming clients as they don't all support the same file formats. I have Roku's, Chromecasts, Androids, iOS devices, Smart TVs, Tivos, etc. all connecting to my Plex server and thus my CPU gets a lot of workload. In addition to the live transcoding, I also have a good amount of background transcoding happening whenever a Sync is kicked off for offline availability. The faster I can get those transcodes done the better.
What type of files are you streaming (what codecs?)?I have Roku, iOS and Android devices and they all seem that they can directstream which means very little CPU used. Although the Roku has a bug which causes it to hang sometimes if I enable this. So I almost always transcode audio for it.
What I asked specifically was "How many cores (the CPU has 8) are required to handle a single client" or worded differently "how many devices can your 1540 handle?"
That's not a board - that's a monster. Ant-man of server boards. Need pricing!ADI look to have a Xeon-D board on the way.. Networking !
BCC-VE: Xeon-D | ADI Engineering
Man that board makes me want to roll my own switch (something I've never done).ADI look to have a Xeon-D board on the way.. Networking !
BCC-VE: Xeon-D | ADI Engineering
Shouldn't be hard. Looks like it comes with the software already bundled in. See this line from the product page:Man that board makes me want to roll my own switch (something I've never done).
New Open-Source MicroBMC (based on pfSense)
What was the indication that they failed?I have never tried 3 DIMMs! Are you trying to get 96GB or something?
I actually had 2x 16GB Samsung DDR4 modules fail on me today. Very bummed.
What was the indication that they failed?
I spoke with the ADI Engineering guys at IDF15 and they told me about this. ADI Engineering is who makes the pfSense branded appliances that are not Supermicro appliances.Looks like they are adding an ARM chip to the board.
TI AM3352 ARM Cortex-A8, including crypto accelerator, 300 or 600 MHz (The following specs are for ADI's TI A8 based MicroBMC module)
MicroBMC: pfSense Based BMC Module | ADI Engineering
Would a Celeron J1900 board work? ... I had a check for fun and those come with PCIe 2.0 x16 (So 3.0 8x speed) and room for 16GB memory and the board and CPU was listed at around 63 euro (x2 Rpi3) and TDP 10-15W.I would offer that a Raspberry Pi 2/ 3 can easily outpace an AST2400 from a SoC performance standpoint, it just needs a PCIe connection and the software side to mature.
I was more saying that the AST2400 is basically a mini ARM based computer that runs the BMC system. The GPUs in those are super old and the ARM chips are not the fastest. I just think today, a Raspberry Pi is a better ARM chip and platform but it does take a lot of design work to get a BMC going.Would a Celeron J1900 board work? ... I had a check for fun and those come with PCIe 2.0 x16 (So 3.0 8x speed) and room for 16GB memory and the board and CPU was listed at around 63 euro (x2 Rpi3) and TDP 10-15W.
Edit: The mem is extra though unlike a Rpi/C2/Xu4.