From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 11 17:46:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 475BFFC for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:46:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pa0-f54.google.com (mail-pa0-f54.google.com [209.85.220.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1600B8FC1C for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id bi1so2174957pad.13 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:46:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8ACM2IcpazIEBEugl7YVxAgL/4im6qaRi3AJwxBQZMg=; b=GmmnWaRBoskWiLTaiqGL/dKJ+R6n0FPUxv/oDna/fTlgxbpuxZ+6VP2fSn6IDqsqXw /tckZXXkSxPR6nVNPTX95pw9dQlzft9aO30sIy5KuAvHVzTL55hT7Cv0oZZAceXmGSPC 1HjWb436JfUAuGam1yMU9C4BARKMoAq9CVvM+dMd/SWEKljG3zthZO0p/6AfK56Mizop TI0R6+RJQvdb0Fo/d1cLR6ZE64Go1nwfobK6UL31DjzOInrhAQoWSABp8AfcHrufAMUS t2mHM/4J0WLpE7KebxUr+V0txD+Y4ADCl/p5ypp1ci85nevC2UAWGljkW14jXzUbVToP x9pA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.223.37 with SMTP id qr5mr5689265pbc.101.1349977281250; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:41:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.68.146.233 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:41:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5076F955.8070207@egr.msu.edu> References: <20121011145453.GU69724@acme.spoerlein.net> <20121011160521.GB40357@in-addr.com> <5076F955.8070207@egr.msu.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:41:21 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: T_Oozq69UB0DHTkIr9zOmtQgIE0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver From: Adrian Chadd To: Adam McDougall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:46:36 -0000 Did you ever file a PR for the slow SATA behaviour? Adrian On 11 October 2012 09:52, Adam McDougall wrote: > On 10/11/12 12:05, Gary Palmer wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 04:54:53PM +0200, Ulrich Sp??rlein wrote: >>> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my >>> router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The >>> replacement should have: >>> >>> - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) >>> - 2x GigE (igress, egress interfaces) >>> - some form of wlan interface (I currently use an Atheros based PCI card) >>> - eSATA for attaching a backup disk where I stream ZFS snapshots to >>> - serial port is always nice, for when I mess up an upgrade >>> - fan-less if possible >>> >>> So far, this here seems to fit the bill perfectly >>> http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/intensepc/ >>> but pricing seems to defy any reality. >>> >>> It does not state directly which chipsets are used for Wifi and >>> Ethernet, the block diagram claims Ethernet chips to be Intel 82579 and >>> RTL8111D, but I don't trust that fully. >>> >>> For Wifi I can always fall back to sticking in a supported USB stick, >>> although that's kinda hacky. >>> >>> So how well is networking going to be supported by FreeBSD? Should I >>> just bite the bullet and find out? >> >> >> I'd recommend the Soekris net6501, but it's even more expensive than the >> intensepc (I suspect due to low hardware volumes but thats just a guess) >> >> http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html >> >> You also don't specify what kind of storage you need, which is obviously >> an important factor for a file/media server. >> >> Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Be wary of the Soekris net6501, I bought three of the 1.6Ghz net6501-70 > model which has an Atom E-680 cpu (E series) and it compiles more than twice > as slow as a 1.6Ghz Atom N270 in an older netbook. Someone else running > Linux reported similar CPU slowness. As far as practical network > throughput, I could only get 100Mbit/sec with a simple HTTP download of a > file full of zeros, and OpenVPN could only push about 25Mbit/sec. As a > practical example of the CPU slowness, it takes about 1.5 minutes to compile > pkg on the N270 netbook and 5 minutes on the 6501 (around 4.5 if I use -j2). > A kernel compile took an hour. Unfortunately I had no idea this CPU > (possibly implementation?) was so slow before I purchased it, and I could > scarcely find evidence of it on google after hours of searching when I had > already discovered the issue. I was hoping to find some comparative > benchmarks between various Atom series but manufacturers generally don't do > that. > > Additionally, the total AHCI SATA write speed on the net6501 (in BSD only?) > has a strange 20MB/sec limitation but reads can go over 100MB/sec. If I > write to one disk I get 20MB/sec, if I write to both SATA disks I get > 10MB/sec each. Write is equally slow on a SSD. Both someone running > OpenBSD and I running FreeBSD reported the same symptoms to the soekris-tech > mailing list and received no useful replies towards getting that problem > solved. I tested the write speed briefly with Linux and it did not appear > to have the 20MB/sec limitation. I did confirm it was using MSI(-X?) with > boot -v. I think this hardware would need to fall into Alexander Motin's > hands to get anywhere with debugging the SATA speed issue. Since it seems > fine in Linux, maybe some day it can be fixed in BSD but I have no clue how > that limitation could happen. The disks I tested with are fine in normal > computers. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"