Why not use a low-wattage Core i3 Haswell? Much better selection of boards.
$129 at Newegg. Has VT-x, etc. http://ark.intel.com/products/77486/Intel-Core-i3-4150-Processor-3M-Cache-3_50-GHz On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Paul Conlin via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > We have been planning on standing up a couple of light duty Linux servers > to > upgrade our DNS and RADIUS and maybe even a CACTI upgrade later. Are these > newer ATOM platforms and a couple of small SSD's up to these tasks? How > does the D525 do? > > It appears the C2750 has been out for nearly a year but I'm are not finding > too many products using them. Intel's chart makes it look like the C2550 > (4 > cores vs 8 cores) might be a more cost effective replacement to the D525. > But there are even fewer C2550 motherboards out there and they are not > significantly cheaper than the C2750 or even the D525. Are we just not > looking in the right places or is this low-cost low-TDP server market just > really small? > > PC > Blaze Broadband > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af > > Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2014 2:57 PM > > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: [AFMUG] Atom D525 vs C2750 > > > > I have several small Linux servers using Atom D525 processors for tasks > like DNS and > > RADIUS, I even have one running Win7 that I use for PRTG and CNUT and RDP > > sessions. Put a couple 128 GB SSDs in them and with passive cooling and > low TDP > > you have an almost indestructible little server. > > > > Going forward, I'm wondering if I should look at the newer C2750 version, > it would > > seem to support more memory and storage, 4x as many cores, 2x as many > threads, > > higher clock speed, more cache, supports ECC memory, but at a higher > price > and TDP, > > and the Ethernet NICs might not be as good as the 82574L chips on the > motherboards > > I have been using. Also at that price point you could question the value > compared to > > just using an i3 or E3 processor. And even if the D525 is an old design > with limited > > cores, cache and memory addressing, it does the job, so the only reason > to > use the > > newer chips may be for future proofing. > > > > So has anyone done the analysis or actually deployed C2750 based servers? > > >
