Low Power Intel CPUs for HTPC NAS
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Are you looking for a central place to store all your pictures and movies? A home server can be used in many different scenarios and can be a great addition to your home network. I have a Raspberry pi I’m going to play with, apparently they work quite well, with one tuner. I don’t think it will handle more that two as the network runs off of the USB and is limited to USB 2.0 speeds.
The use of the thin client gave me ideas, but I still think the RasPi suggestion will work better for me. Word is they consume 3W idle power - that'd be perfect. Have you read my writeup on using an HP t730 thin client to upgrade the processing power on my N40L ? You might be able to do the same slapping something like a SuperMicro E300-8D in front of it and running the storage via iSCSI (no 10Gbit love? a pair of quad 1G will do the job). I would suggest picking up an EliteDesk 800G2 SFF, but then, if you need ECC support, so that's naturally a no-go.
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And thanks to its unlocked configuration, you can easily overclock it for even more speed. This processor also features an integrated Ultra HD Graphics 630 GPU with support for DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5 games and applications. Plus, it has a 95W TDP and comes in an LGA 1151 socket type that is compatible with many motherboards on the market today. Great little server unless you need room for a lot of hard drives.
The Dell Optiplex is comparable -- they've been around awhile, so some will have older gen processors. Go for the d-link 320, it’s cheaper than this project, has 2 bays, does have services for video streaming and also video recording from ipcams. It does put the disks to sleep while not in use, so they don’t spin, support raid and generally is a good product, a bit old, but that means you can find it cheap on the market. Ive been looking for some kind of low cost low power nas.
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Then again, a used NUC with space for a single small hard drive might be worth looking into there depending on needs. The 10W Skylake computer was using the power supply that came with the Antec ISK 110, which I suspect is extremely efficient. I don't know what the power consumption is of your Be Quiet 400W power supply at low loads, but that could be a factor. I started by looking at my most recent (non-NAS) machines. The most recent machine I put together ran an i which I wrote about at Building a low power PC on Skylake – 10 watts idle.
NAS is a great option for businesses and home users alike, and it can provide a variety of benefits that are sure to meet your needs. One of the most important factors while choosing a NAS is the CPU. Agp.cooper has added a new log for Hardware Controlled 4 bit CPU.
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Sustained power consumption - thermal design power kindof gives that away. But that's it, there's nothing about average on minimum power consumption to be drawn from it. The only real metric of how much power is used on a given task is measuring how much power is used on a given task and manufacturer TDP for a CPU frequently has precious little to do with that.
Big thing is i want the drive to be able to spin down when not in use. My router does have a usb port so thinking about just plugging an external drive into that but im not sure if the router is smart enough to spin down disks not in use. I did, however I concluded that this was not what I had in mind. Running two 'big' boxes all the time would not fit my 'low idle power' definition, esp. if the Microserver needs to be beefed up with some add-in card.
If you are looking to set up your own NAS, you’ll need one that is powerful and has plenty of storage. NAS devices have become a popular choice for people who need to store a lot of data. But what many people don’t know is that you need a powerful CPU in order to get the most out of your NAS.
For median sized files I was getting read speeds of 65MB/s which is still good. Accessing tiny files is horrible at the moment, I’m going to try tweaking filesystem settings. Those drives should be used for video surveillance and nothing else.
Unsurprisingly, our lower power servers require less energy than their higher power equivalents. This will lead to you making a lot of money via savings, especially if you use your server for a long period of time . Your experience interests me a lot because I'm also working on the design of a NAS whose #1 goal is the lowest possible power consumption. The Synology systems tend to be pretty power efficient actually; the spec sheets undersell their real world performance. For example, the 2-bay 220j will do 5.5W from wall on idle.
You could buy an old enterprise-grade server on eBay, like this Hp DL360. These kinds of servers often have enough RAM, grade processing power, and support RAID configurations. Keeping an eye on price and performance I would recommend the Core i5-3470T. It’s 35w TDP, fast dual Core with Hyper-Threading. The Intel Pentium G640T would make a cheaper solution but with a lesser all round performing CPU.
With a home cloud server, you can get the same features as with other cloud solutions, only based on your own storage. ServeTheHome is the IT professional's guide to servers, storage, networking, and high-end workstation hardware, plus great open source projects. Good article, but you should have looked at idle power consumption instead of focusing on TDP. Network attached storage has simple needs, just grab or store files, often this is done based on a Linux core which is better suited to do this as it runs on a small hardware foot print.
The users of the ownCloud install will not accept having to WOL the machine - tried that, didn't go down well. In terms of usability, you're always compared to Google... That was my understanding of the matter as well, thanks for reaffirming that.
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The easiest way is to select the top-right up/down arrow icon and choose 'Connection Information'. The new window will show the IPv4 IP address - make a note of it. On your tablet or desktop system install TightVNC Viewer or any VNC Viewer. Use the IP address as the TightVNC Server and click 'Connect with default options'. Once the drive is out it should be immediately obvious if you're dealing with a SATA or PATA device.
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