Xeon vs i5-2500k server

[dave_in_gva]

Looking at building a home server for all my media files with either a Xeon or an i5 CPU. This server will be more than a simple NAS - planning on it being the backbone of the house - serving media files, running backups, encoding video files, etc. etc.

How important would people rate building on a board/CPU combination that supports ECC vs. non-ECC solutions?

Thx for your thoughts,

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Looking at building a home server for all my media files with either a Xeon or an i5 CPU. This server will be more than a simple NAS - planning on it being the backbone of the house - serving media files, running backups, encoding video files, etc. etc.

How important would people rate building on a board/CPU combination that supports ECC vs. non-ECC solutions?

Thx for your thoughts,

I'd wait for this one:
http://www.wegotserved.com/2011/06/07/acer-enters-small-business-microserver-market-ac100/

Alternately you could get HP Microserver, but it doesn't have enough juice to do video encoding in timely manner

However on the general note - I don't think you should wasting money on xeon/ecc ram for your purposes, this combination is more needed for home virtual labs, where certain cpu features like v-TD are more or less mandatory. For your case - not really. Hyper-Threading has clear advantage for video encoding for choose carefully ...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem,2057-12.html

 

[dave_in_gva]

Tx BSA....very clear on the ECC vs. non-ECC issue.

Re the VT-d support - I know this is Intel Virtualization technology. Is the advantage in the homeserver context I described that it keeps different I/O streams separate?

Re video encoding, was planning on going with one of the X264 front ends - probably Megui, possibly Handbrake. I am not seeing this build as having a graphics card as I'll use something like a WD TV Live Hub for playback via a wired ethernet connection. So....CPU graphics abilities and Sandy Bridge all are relevant but I am not sure how much of an impact hyperthreading makes with that particular task. I assume it helps big time....

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[BoredSysAdmin]

Tx BSA....very clear on the ECC vs. non-ECC issue.

Re the VT-d support - I know this is Intel Virtualization technology. Is the advantage in the homeserver context I described that it keeps different I/O streams separate?

Re video encoding, was planning on going with one of the X264 front ends - probably Megui, possibly Handbrake. I am not seeing this build as having a graphics card as I'll use something like a WD TV Live Hub for playback via a wired ethernet connection. So....CPU graphics abilities and Sandy Bridge all are relevant but I am not sure how much of an impact hyperthreading makes with that particular task. I assume it helps big time....

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Dave, instead of giving me shallow responses to quickly ramp up your post count, you might want to actually read what I wrote above AND click on links I provided above.

For home virtual labs VT-D are more or less mandatory. For your case - not really.
Hyper-Threading has clear advantage for video encoding

 

[sholling]

Looking at building a home server for all my media files with either a Xeon or an i5 CPU. This server will be more than a simple NAS - planning on it being the backbone of the house - serving media files, running backups, encoding video files, etc. etc.

How important would people rate building on a board/CPU combination that supports ECC vs. non-ECC solutions?

Thx for your thoughts,

Honestly I'd spit off those functions unless you get electricity for dirt cheap or have money to burn. Instead I'd do the video encoding on your main PC and go for a low power consumption solution for the server that won't break the bank running 24x7. But that's just me. I don't want a server adding $30-50/mo to my bills.