Posted on 22 March 2010. Tags: centos, eon, freenas, gigabit ports, home server, hyper-v, intel pro, microsoft windows server, openfiler, r2, storage capacity, ubuntu, unraid, vhd, virtual machine, virtualization, virtualized, vm performance, WHS, Windows Home Server
Now that the Big WHS is stable, and I have a bit more storage capacity than I need, I decided that Windows Home Server running virtualized in a Hyper-V virtual machine is good, but I wanted to test out some of the free WHS alternatives. A quck listing of the NAS operating systems installed on the current box shows is:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 hosting, using Hyper-V:
- Windows Home Server (My WHS VM)
- FreeNAS
- OpenFiler
- unRaid
- CentOS
- EON
- Ubuntu
A complete NAS: Hyper-V, WHS, Windows Server 2008 R2, CentOS, unRaid, Openfiler, Ubuntu, FreeNAS, EON all on one machine
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Posted in Operating Systems, The Big WHS
Posted on 19 February 2010. Tags: Atom, Benchmark, clarkdale, Core i3, Core i5, energy saving, h55, h57, heat dissipation, home servers, hsf, htpc, hyperthreading, i3-530, i5-650, intel atom, intel pro, Low Power, matx motherboard, n330, NVIDIA, package solution, power consumption, Review, video encoding, WHS, Windows Home Server
Intel’s Clarkdale and H55/ H57 platforms are quite intriguing for several reasons. First, the performance is fairly good starting at 2.93ghz, and with hyperthreading, it is possible to get closer to a quad core performance in some tasks where multiple cores do well, such as video encoding. A second aspect is that Intel moved the IGP to an on package solution and really cut the power consumption/ heat dissipation of the platform. Finally, the cost of an i3-530 or i5-650 CPU plus a motherboard is often in the $200 or less range, making them quite affordable.
Two great uses for the chips are home servers and HTPC’s. Low power consumption and low heat generation ultimately enable lower acoustic signatures, as well as lower TCO through lower electric draw.
Core i5-650, Gigabyte H55M-UD2H, Dual Intel Pro/1000 GT PCI NICs
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Posted in Low Power Servers, Server CPUs
