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Hausen wrote: >Hi, all, > >> Am 18.08.2017 um 11:19 schrieb Pete French : >> The HP micro servers work very well, and you can pick them up remakably = cheaply [...] >> Not sure about ECC memory support there though. > >They do support ECC, no problem. > >They are available with different CPU configurations from >as Pete said remarkably cheap Celeron D based systems >up to Xeon CPUs. > >If you want something that conserves power but still features >8 cores, Supermicro has got a small 8-core Atom based >system: >https://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/midtower/5028/SYS-5028A-TN4.cfm > >I run this at home and I am really satisfied with it. ECC too, of course. >Capable of running VMs in bhyve ... > >I'd suggest just using FreeNAS if you intend to build a file server. >And of course you can always order a preconfigured FreeNAS >mini from iX Systems. I can't help with specific hardware recommendations (fortunately others alr= eady have), but I will mention that "If you are going to get bit, it usually is related= to the network interface(s) on the machine.", due to net driver issues. This shouldn't be a problem with an iX Systems box, since they test it with= FreeNAS (based on FreeBSD). Maybe the folk that made hardware suggestions can post which net interface(= s) they are using and whether they are seeing driver issues? Good luck with it, rick