Thinkcat
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- Aug 3, 2015
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Hello
I am currently running a hackintosh, based on Asus P8C WS. It has 24 GB of ECC memory. I have no idea if OS X supports the ECC or not. I have an Ivy Bridge E3 Xeon in it, and I am very happy with it as a workstation.
I needed a NAS, and quickly set up one using three WD Red hard disks in a triple mirror configuration and FreeNAS. The machine that those are in has an Asus M2N-E with an Athlon 64 X2 CPU. This machine has no ECC memory, and that has me worried.
I would like to rebuild the Athlon machine to a Supermicro Xeon E3, maybe Haswell, but I keep wondering about Skylake. I am also undecided about a couple of things. I would like to switch from FreeNAS to either FreeBSD or linux and run the machine as a general purpose server in addition to being a NAS. But I am not sure. The machine could also see some use as a workstation. I am torn between these three uses. The P8C WS machine will stay a hackintosh, so it is not an option to make it a server or a linux or FreeBSD workstation, to have the Supermicro machine stay a pure NAS forever.
I have trouble deciding between Supermicro E3 Haswell motherboards. There are three candidates. Either a workstation motherboard, say X10SAE or X10SAT. Or a cheap NAS board. Or X10SL7-F, with the extra LSI controller. I currently need four SATA connectors, but that could go up to seven if I decide to add a second pool. Only disadvantage with X10SAE or X10SAT is that I would not have IPMI.
Is anyone else here waiting for Skylake E3 Xeons to appear before moving forward, or should I consider Haswell a tried and tested option and just go for it?
I am currently running a hackintosh, based on Asus P8C WS. It has 24 GB of ECC memory. I have no idea if OS X supports the ECC or not. I have an Ivy Bridge E3 Xeon in it, and I am very happy with it as a workstation.
I needed a NAS, and quickly set up one using three WD Red hard disks in a triple mirror configuration and FreeNAS. The machine that those are in has an Asus M2N-E with an Athlon 64 X2 CPU. This machine has no ECC memory, and that has me worried.
I would like to rebuild the Athlon machine to a Supermicro Xeon E3, maybe Haswell, but I keep wondering about Skylake. I am also undecided about a couple of things. I would like to switch from FreeNAS to either FreeBSD or linux and run the machine as a general purpose server in addition to being a NAS. But I am not sure. The machine could also see some use as a workstation. I am torn between these three uses. The P8C WS machine will stay a hackintosh, so it is not an option to make it a server or a linux or FreeBSD workstation, to have the Supermicro machine stay a pure NAS forever.
I have trouble deciding between Supermicro E3 Haswell motherboards. There are three candidates. Either a workstation motherboard, say X10SAE or X10SAT. Or a cheap NAS board. Or X10SL7-F, with the extra LSI controller. I currently need four SATA connectors, but that could go up to seven if I decide to add a second pool. Only disadvantage with X10SAE or X10SAT is that I would not have IPMI.
Is anyone else here waiting for Skylake E3 Xeons to appear before moving forward, or should I consider Haswell a tried and tested option and just go for it?
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