DrMexSS Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Quite interesting the following product from intel: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6509/intel-launches-centerton-atom-s1200-family-first-atom-for-servers atom for servers From 1.6 GHz (6.1 W) to 2.13 GHz (10 W) Pricing starts at $54 What do you think? Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 For many the extra PCIe lanes would help, but I think this paragraph is the more interesting... "In 2013 Intel will release Avoton, Centerton’s successor and based on Intel’s 22nm process. Based on Intel’s previous roadmaps we know that 22nm is also supposed to coincide with the launch of Intel’s new Silvermont architecture, so it’s reasonable to assume that Avoton will be Intel’s Silvermont-based processor for servers." That could offer a more useful performance boost over the current Cedarview Atoms. The Centerton range are a step in the right direction, clearly, but it seems a very modest step. Personally, I would have hoped a 2.5GHz / 10W option to help bridge the gap to the rest of the Intel range. Quote Link to comment
neilt0 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 It'll be interesting to see what performance those processors really have. The AMD Neo CPUs in the HP Microservers seem to perform much faster than the Intel Atoms. The N40L (1.5GHz) benchmarks at 970 with the Atom D2700 (2.13GHz) at 900. The AMD N54L (2.2GHz) has a score of 1189 http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Turion+II+Neo+N54L+Dual-Core&id=477 I'm guessing the AMD parts are cheaper as well. Quote Link to comment
bonzi Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 ECC memory and 8 lane PCIe...would work well for a unRaid build. Quote Link to comment
bcbgboy13 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Supermicro's first board is X9SBAA-F http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/X9/X9SBAA-F.cfm Unfortunately only 4 onboard SATA ports plus single PCI slot make it not that suitable for Unraid. And finding suitable memory can be a challenge for the time being. Quote Link to comment
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